I just realised, I can't post anything on lemmy.ml
So, I checked https://lemmy.ml/modlog, there's a new moderator.
All posts and comments talking about China, Jinping, Russia, and Putin have been deleted and users banned
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2023
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They aren't communists. They're tankies.
Nothing communist about a tankie
Here, let's do a litmus test. Who is to blame for the Ukraine War? Would you decry the US if they falsely claimed to own most of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened civilian ships? If so, would you also decry China for claiming most of the South China Sea, including waters which are literally closer to other countries than to them?
Every communist is not a tankie. A tankie is someone who defends actions by Russia and China, despite decrying the same actions if the US takes it. I really don't see it as an economic thing at all, although that's certainly where the origin of the word comes from. I see it as someone who thinks everything that the US does is bad, and anything US adversaries do is good. It's a lot more geopolitical in my eyes.
Think of it this way, it's the polar opposite of a nationalist far right conservative when it comes to foreign affairs. Tankies are just one cut away from being the same.
Marxist-Leninists aren't communists. They're Stalinists. Authoritarians.
This is Bizarro world vibes based history. Read a fucking book literally any book. Stalin lead the USSR after Lenin lead the revolution founded on the principles of communism which were developed by Marx.
And I'm a unicorn. You can call yourself anything you want but it doesn't make it true.
Stalinism is a thing. Just like Leninism, Maoism and Dengism are things. Each of them is just a interpretation of Marxism. They each critique, adapt and expand on the previous iterations of Marxism to fit new conditions.
lol no
"Marxist-Leninist" is enough of a self-own for us, we don't need to invent new terms to insult communists. Real communists are just sad, naive idealists, and we pity them more than anything.
Tankies are a whole separate bag of fucked up. They support Russia, which is clearly not communist. They're really just anti-USA edgelords.
No, they're tankies.
It's a description of morons that think authoritarian rule and/or genocide is ok if the people doing claim to be communists despite having no relation to the ideology. Those people aren't communists, at best they are lying to themselves.
(Yes, I get it. You're a tankie)
No, he just failed to account for people. I see this is where the sealioning starts so I'm out. Have fun jerking off to another genocide with your tankie friends.