TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agoAnarchists are Tankieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down125
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageAnarchists are Tankieslemmy.worldTokenBoomer@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarealmar_quigley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·7 months agoQuite the opposite. It’s blanket opposition to capitalism often in an aggressive manner, mostly in support of countries who are closer to fascism than communism like Russia and China.
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 months agoI always associate tankie with “I say I love communism and when it comes to Tianamen square, I side with the tank.”
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoIt’s actually a term coined by British communists to describe the chuds who supported the Soviets sending tanks into the Hungarian revolt in ‘56. But the Tiananmen Square massacre just goes to further show how fucked up ML is and its hatred for the people.
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoI assumed I was wrong, its just kind of a mnemonic. Thanks for the info tho 😃
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoPeter Fryer was expelled by the British communist party for his book- The Hungarian Tragedy, when the term tankie was coined.
Quite the opposite. It’s blanket opposition to capitalism often in an aggressive manner, mostly in support of countries who are closer to fascism than communism like Russia and China.
I always associate tankie with “I say I love communism and when it comes to Tianamen square, I side with the tank.”
It’s actually a term coined by British communists to describe the chuds who supported the Soviets sending tanks into the Hungarian revolt in ‘56.
But the Tiananmen Square massacre just goes to further show how fucked up ML is and its hatred for the people.
I assumed I was wrong, its just kind of a mnemonic.
Thanks for the info tho 😃
Peter Fryer was expelled by the British communist party for his book- The Hungarian Tragedy, when the term tankie was coined.