• chaogomu@kbin.social
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      The term tankie dates back to 1956, when the soviets sent in tanks to crush a communist movement in Hungary. They wanted self-governance (while still being a communist nation) the soviets wanted a soviet puppet state to protect Moscow from the west.

      Tankies were the subset of western communists who supported the soviets, named such by the western communists who were not authoritarian worshiping fucks.

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      our culture

      You don’t have a culture, you have a eclectic group of dregs that can’t handle your reality.

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      LOL wut? Fuckin’ Tankies and making shit up. Can anybody name a more iconic duo? The protestors were pro-democracy and were shot / squished by the CCP. It wasn’t even that long ago, either. Only, what, 34 years? Amazing how much people can twist shit in such a short period of time.

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      That would explain why there is a video of the protesters singing “L’internacional”…but it’s still authoritarian repression.