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Originally, a marxist-leninist leaning person who supported the USSR's rolling tanks into Eastern Block countries for things like the Prague Spring. More common
by meepmorp 3y ago
Originally, a marxist-leninist leaning person who supported the USSR's rolling tanks into Eastern Block countries for things like the Prague Spring. More commonly these days, people who 'stan' for countries like China and Russia largely out of anti-westernism.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoAnd here I thought it had something to do with 1989's Tank man. That couldn't have been more wrong.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThat would actually be in the same vein as the origin of the term, which has to do with the soviet union rolling tanks into rebelling countries to bring them into submission. I'd say rolling tanks OVER your own people to put them into submission is similar enough.
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- ch4s3 3y agoIt's still basically just used to describe self-described socialists and communists who deny atrocities committed by communist governments or engage in deranged levels of whataboutism. I rarely see it used against garden variety lefties.