I was going to say that this sounds made up cause I never once saw one, much less in Lemmy, and point out the big contradiction . Then I noticed I haven't met any actual tankies in both here and IRL either so point taken.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

over here (germany) you actually meet tankies every now and again at leftist protests, but they usually aren't taken very seriously

[–] LtLiana@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe it's just me in Germany, but most of our "anarchist" "antifa" subculture is pro-US and pro-Israel.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

When you counterculture so hard you loop back into mainstream

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

I'm from Germany too and that is news to me. Maybe region dependant? I live in Bremen.

[–] LtLiana@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Germans_(political_current)

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

Thank you! I'll go take a look

Edit: it appears to be more prevalent in former East Germany. That would explain it. I don't go there often.