I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.
I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.
A leftist who believes any means necessary is justified to create a state ran society.
Even if that society isn’t fair, even if innocent people get hurt in the process, even if the society is a dictatorship.
Nobody fits that definition, though.
I see you making these arguments frequently.
If you can’t be honest about your beliefs, then people are going to think you are embarrassed about them.
And you should be embarrassed supporting dictatorships
I am extremely open and honest with my views. Nobody believes “any means are justified” in order to create “a state run society.” Communists believe revolution is necessary to implement socialism, not that any means are justified nor that just any state run society is acceptable. We also don’t believe in supporting “dictatorships” in the sense that one person or an elite few control everything. We support the working class having control.
You are making up ghosts and strawmen to fight. These “tankies” as you describe them do not exist.
You seem to have a strong opinion on the subject, but your definition also feels a little tilted.
Not really, i see tankies in this space constantly praise China and Russia for their ability to “control” their people.
Tankies come off as authoritarian lap dogs who claim to be communists or socialists but have lost sight of what society those beliefs are supposed to support.
If they don’t want to be seen this way they should behave differently.
Nobody praises “China and Russia for their ability to control their people.” These people do not exist, they are ghosts and strawmen you are fighting.
I see them pretty often around the fediverse
Their profiles are usually from hexbear or ml
Not a single one of them praises “China and Russia for their ability to control their people.” You’re inventing ghosts and strawmen to fight.