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[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

As if tankies aren't constantly simping for both Russia and China on here.

A little history refresher on the origin of the term

The term "tankie" was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring uprising, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions.

So specifically being a tankie and supporting fascist bullshit go hand in hand and always have.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Russian and English aristocracies were related, is that maybe part of the reason there was some support in the UK?

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

The Russian monarchy ended about 39 years prior to the Hungarian Revolution in '56. The whole Russian Revolution thing and the murdering of the Romanovs and all that.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I must admit that I haven't met any who do so can't argue for or against this. I can understand that they might have done 20-30 years ago but I don't see them "simpling for" any of them really. But neither Russia or China are kommunist regimes any longer. Maybe back when the term was coined, as you described in your quote but not any longer. Before it dead the community now it is the leader

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

Well I sure have. Especially before multiple servers defederated with Lemmygrad and Hexbear.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social -2 points 8 months ago

I like to imagine these accounts learned about tankies only 6 months ago when they joined Lemmy and were encountered by lots of leftists with wildly different international worldvoews than them.

As a byproduct, it's just their way of making sense of those differences they don't otherwise understand.

Nobody that they're describing would actually defend shit like this, but thats about as well as they understand those people.