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[–] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I really hate how ya'll deliberately conflate tankies and all socialism/communism, and then conflate anyone being opposed to those concepts as inherently being a fascist.

[–] HornyOnMain@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well is there any actually existing socialist country that you would support?

[–] PlasmaK@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is there any actually existing socialist country that is actually socialist?

[–] HornyOnMain@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yes, cuba is pretty uncontroversialy a socialist country

[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

The Cuban working class does not self-administer the economy. Although Cuba is as close so a success as Marxism can get, Fidel's policies of homophobic persecution - regardless of the fact that he regretted them - is proof positive of why authoritarian policies go wrong. Why no single person should have that level of power.

Because in spite of Castro's evident good intentions, and the otherwise high level of success that Cuba has achieved, those atrocities still happened. And because of Authoritarian policies, no-one within Cuba could opposite it while it went on without facing persecution.

[–] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

being opposed to those concepts as inherently being a fascist

Spreading nazi shit like double genocide theory = fascist in my book, no further investigation needed!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Tankie" is just the liberal version of "Woke".

[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tankies use "Liberal" just as the right does. Funny, that.

[–] 9999monkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

um, what's a tankie?