It seems they also have a tendency to consider NATO as cartoons villains. Also, tankies are not the average lefties, they are at the extreme of the left.

[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago (26 children)

Define tankie

[–] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 1 year ago (25 children)

I use it similarly to what is described in this Wikipedia article, in particular the last paragraph of the introduction is what disturbs me the most with some Lemmy users. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The last paragraph quotes fucking Ross Douthat, come on now

Lots of terms need defining. "Illiberal" just means not capitalistic, which yeah that's all leftists. What is authoritarian? Usually a definition that gets thrown around applies more to capitalist countries vs those listed.

So it's just a western communist that supports non Western communist projects? 🤔

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