a tankie is a authoritarian that believes they're a communist. they support the imperialist invasion of Ukraine, and they deny the tianaman square massacre, where the CCP ran tanks over college students protesting the authoritarian government. they deny a bunch of other atrocities as well, these are the only two i can think of right now.

a lot of tankies are going to be posting an essay by Engles that defends authoritarianism, asserting that authoritarianism is compatible with communism. which, while sure, isn't ideal because one person having power always ends in genocide. well, it doesn't end in genocide, genocide just... happens under authoritarianism.

[–] snoby@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Citations Needed

[–] hemko@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Citate deez nuts in your mouth

[–] Aiastarei@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Why are you threatening me with a good time

[–] fangleone2526@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

i made it up

[–] klieg2324@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I forgot about that famous picture/video of a tank running over a lone man. Oh wait, the tank tried to go around and eventually stopped when the man wouldn't get out of the way