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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[–] VasovagalSyncope@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (13 children)

A leftist who believes any means necessary is justified to create a state ran society.

Even if that society isn't fair, even if innocent people get hurt in the process, even if the society is a dictatorship.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nobody fits that definition, though.

[–] VasovagalSyncope@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I see you making these arguments frequently.

If you can't be honest about your beliefs, then people are going to think you are embarrassed about them.

And you should be embarrassed supporting dictatorships

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I am extremely open and honest with my views. Nobody believes "any means are justified" in order to create "a state run society." Communists believe revolution is necessary to implement socialism, not that any means are justified nor that just any state run society is acceptable. We also don't believe in supporting "dictatorships" in the sense that one person or an elite few control everything. We support the working class having control.

You are making up ghosts and strawmen to fight. These "tankies" as you describe them do not exist.

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