general reminder that 196 is literal children
they did a census and most people are under 20Yes, Tankies, who famously sport shaved heads and red suspenders and also listen to white supremacist music. Textbook tankie right there.
Edit: STOP UPBEARING ME! THIS IS NOT A GOOD COMMENT!
Don’t forget the Swastika and SS tattoos plus a MAGA hat!
Ah, but you have to understand, Nazi Germany’s and the Soviet Union’s governments both did stuff, so they’re basically the same.
This is a shitty edit of some anti-alt right cartoon from like 2015
I know that the people on that subreddit are kids, but what generally is the issue with “tankies” about? Socialists support actual socialist countries, don’t believe US propaganda, and don’t support the US imperialist order. Is it basically just “western left anti-communism” out straight of Blackshirts and Reds, or more general USian political illiteracy (i.e. I’m a socialist like Norway shit)?
I agree with all the other comments here but I want to add one more to it.
It’s nationalism. Mostly american nationalism, but also a “western” nationalism that is basically “i support the imperial core”, aka the “international community”.
Everyone that properly gives up on nationalism and becomes an internationalist does not fall into this group’s mindset. There are internationalists that disagree with us on many things but they don’t see us with this childish analysis of good vs evil (where the US and the imperial core are on the side of good).
This nationalism that resides deep down is also a major difference between scratched libs becoming fascists vs scratched libs that do not. Also a major aspect between those who “support Ukraine”(nationalism) and those who want an end to the war.
