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USA the terrorist organization!!! (tankie.tube)

submitted 1 month ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nothing says democracy like a tank.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's not a point, it's just a quip. Do you think you can create Socialism without a military to defend itself?

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

National defense is not what the “tank” in tankie refers to.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, it is. It originated as a slur against the British Communists in the CPGB that sided with the USSR against the fascists in the 1956 Hungarian counterrevolution. The rebels lynched hundreds of Communist Party members and released fascists from prison to help overthrow the Communist leadership. This was national defense, by definition.

Do you have an actual point, or just quips?