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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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[โ€“] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 43 minutes ago

I never encountered its usage outside of the fediverse but appears to mean someone who espouses communist things but also is a russia/china apologist politically. Appears to be derogetory.

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