• WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Their community is relatively small and thus easily influenced towards relevant novel ideas, so many suspect Russia/China boosted divisive trains of thought. Radicalized communists are geopolitical positives. I just think tankies are loonies.

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      1 year ago

      Cards on the table, I’m something of a communist myself (anarchist leanings), but this train of thought doesn’t make sense to me. I believe you, but I’m shocked such people exist.

      I thoight tankie was just a pejorative for ML types, who I’m not necessarily opposed to, unless they try to say Stalin did nothing wrong. The USSR was a noble project, but Stalin was emblematic of the revisionist nonsense they ended up with. It’s sad that some people don’t see that.

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        1 year ago

        You would be surprised how few radicals it takes to boost the crazy voices and produce a faux consensus. Always double-check information and assume people are liars on the internet or you may eventually find something convincing. Especially me, I’m probably a liar. Statistically.

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          Yeah, that’s the thing - it’s somewhat of a leftist tradition to read everything with a critical lens, lest it be biased or misinformation. “Ruthless criticism of all that exists”, in Marx’s own words. Criticism AND self criticism are core components of Marxism.

          Baffling posers, those tankies.