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I keep seeing this instance is overrun with tankies so hey, lets do an informal survey like I've seen on hexbear

respond with YES or NO in the first line of your comment and i'll tally everything in a couple of days, lets say I'll try and collect everything on the sunday the 9th (10+gmt sorry)

not sure thisll work, be nice, have fun

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[โ€“] Filibuster_Rhymes@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (8 children)

NO

When the current government is not doing a very good job at maximizing the happiness of its citizens, it's a natural reaction to look for answers from a different type of government. America has some enormous problems with capitalism as it currently operates, and communism offers solutions to many of those problems. The issue is the top-down power structure. Democracy keeps the most power in the hands of the general population, and i will always oppose giving that up. Beyond that, I'm open to any solutions for modern problems, public or private.

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[โ€“] Nemo@midwest.social 7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

NO

I've never even been called one erroneously.

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[โ€“] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago (11 children)

NO

Tankie has been shifting way beyond its original meaning to just be a vague leftward stab, but being an anarchist and everything I don't think it applies to me just yet

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[โ€“] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

I don't consider myself a tankie, because I'm an anarcho-syndicalist.

I've been called a tankie for suggesting that workers should organize tenant unions to kill the apartment bidding wars in NYC. I've been called a tankie for pointing out that their image of a tankie needs to almost have power to be any kind of threat worth warning against, and there are no tankies anywhere near power with the global rise of fascism. I've been called a tankie for asking someone to clarify what they meant by tankie. I've been told that scientific socialism both is and is not tankie behavior. The term is utterly meaningless. I've come to the conclusion that it's part of a 3rd red scare in an effort to sow division amongst the anticapitalist left.

[โ€“] megane_kun@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

NO

Neither do I self-identify as a tankie, I don't think anyone who'd identify themselves as tankies would think of me as one.

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[โ€“] Floey@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

YES

At least if we go off the Lemmy definition. I don't self identify.

[โ€“] Objection@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

YES

My understanding is that a tankie is defined as someone who seeks to promote global peace, understanding, and equality, with nuanced views that incorporate marginalized and international perspectives, grounded in historical evidence.

That's how I see it used anyway.

[โ€“] Grayox@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

Yes. I get called one everytime i defend or advocate for anything left of Bernie Sanders. "

"Communism is the riddle of history solved, and knows itself to be the solution."

Is as true today as it was when Marx wrote it almost 200 years ago.

[โ€“] moon@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No. I had no idea about this instance's reputation when I joined Lemmy but it's nothing like the other instance you mentioned.

It gets very tiring trying to have a conversation with contrarians who think everything Western is bad and anything Chinese/USSR is good. Or worse, that their highly suspicious news sources (some random blog usually) are telling you the real truth, while using any mainstream news media source makes you a deluded Lib

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[โ€“] juliebean@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

i may or may not have a tanksona, but that doesn't make me a tankie.

[โ€“] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

This is a dumb question. That's like asking TERFs if they self-identify as bigots. They're going to respond that no, of course they aren't, they're just gender realists (or gender critical, or whatever).

[โ€“] akwd169@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

No, don't know what it is either

[โ€“] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If Tankie means somewhat supporting what the URSS/China did, then YES.

I'm not communist, I've never read the manifesto but I'm more aligned with their ideals and the materialism philosophy than anything else, and I saw this quote that marked me. I paraphrase: "... the worst communist implementation was still better/on par than the best capitalist country".

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[โ€“] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago (8 children)

NO. Communism is interesting, but I'm heavily anti-authoritarian.

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