• Enasni@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My only question is if they’re tankies then why even leave Reddit? That’s like a stoner moving to a state where weeds legal then leaving because there’s too much weed.

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      1 year ago

      Tankies are pro-authoritarian but not pro-corporate.

      Lemmy’s creators were part of a community that got banned IIRC (ChapoTrapHouse)

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        1 year ago

        Not sure if that was a joke or a sincere lack of familiarity. What tankies want is a restoration and supremacy of the USSR to spread what they called communism.

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          Nah, Im just not familiar with them. I keep seeing people referring to them, but never saying exactly what their deal is. Even back on reddit.

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              I believe the specific moment was when the USSR used tanks to crack down on peaceful protesters in Czechoslovakia; supporters were called tankies.