not_IOMar 1

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https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39276944

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Show threadAllNewTypeFaceMar 1
Now watch all the tankies praise him as a honorary socialist
Show threadWereHackerMar 1
I am trying to get someone to explain what tankie means. People call me tankie from time to time, but I have no love for the iranian goverment.
Show threadGreddanMar 1
Mostly cringe american kids who confuse authoritarianism for socialism.
Show threadwonderingwandererMar 1
Tankies exist around the world, I don’t know why you’re making it an american thing. It’s not limited to just americans.
Show threadzikzak025Mar 1
Yeah but closer to the eastern bloc you’re likely to hear the term “vatnik” used instead.
Show threadwonderingwanderer

Tankies and vatniks have a lot of overlap.

From my understanding, a vatnik is specifically someone who is shilling for the russian government. Not necessarily under a veneer of leftism (because the kremlin is far-right-wing).

A tankie may or may not be directly shilling for the kremlin, but it’s always an auth-comm under a guise of leftism.

Tankie vatniks exist of course, but they’re just the center of the venn diagram.

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