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Aaand the first thing I see is a thread about Afghanistan full of tankies. God damn it.
by kmeisthax 4y ago
Aaand the first thing I see is a thread about Afghanistan full of tankies. God damn it.
- jevgeni 4y agoAlso, russia apologists and very dubious sources. Weirdly, an experience that is very unlike Mastodon for me.
- kmeisthax 4y agoTankies are extremely pro-Russia. In fact, the term "tankie" was coined when the Soviet Union rolled tanks on socialist protesters that wanted to leave the USSR because it was clearly just another form of exploitation. Socialist movements in other countries split between pro-Russia, and anti-Russia. Or, more accurately, authoritarian left versus libertarian left. Russia today is an ethnofascist dictatorship, but most tankies don't care because America Bad.
- _glsb 4y agoMost tankies are just LARPing as romanticized version of revolutionistas of the 50s and the 60s. They need a morally simple world view. Completely agree with you.
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- 1MachineElf 4y agoI feel this sentiment, but I also hope that being federated means more instances will crop up that have different demographics.