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[+] Greddan@feddit.org 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 months ago (2 children) Tankies exist around the world, I don't know why you're making it an american thing. It's not limited to just americans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Yeah but closer to the eastern bloc you're likely to hear the term "vatnik" used instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago Tankies and vatniks have a lot of overlap. From my understanding, a vatnik is specifically someone who is shilling for the russian government. Not necessarily under a veneer of leftism (because the kremlin is far-right-wing). A tankie may or may not be directly shilling for the kremlin, but it's always an auth-comm under a guise of leftism. Tankie vatniks exist of course, but they're just the center of the venn diagram. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Greddan@feddit.org 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago A decade ago, it was "as a black man in america..." Now I suppose it's "as an autistic person in america..." Still the same troll farms operating out of russia. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) The number of Chinese Marxist-Leninists alone vastly outnumbers us Western tankies. The vast majority of "tankies" live in various countries outside of the imperial core. Even in the US, the most prominent and successful "tankie" organization was the Black Panther Party. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 months ago (2 children) Tankies exist around the world, I don't know why you're making it an american thing. It's not limited to just americans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Yeah but closer to the eastern bloc you're likely to hear the term "vatnik" used instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago Tankies and vatniks have a lot of overlap. From my understanding, a vatnik is specifically someone who is shilling for the russian government. Not necessarily under a veneer of leftism (because the kremlin is far-right-wing). A tankie may or may not be directly shilling for the kremlin, but it's always an auth-comm under a guise of leftism. Tankie vatniks exist of course, but they're just the center of the venn diagram. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Greddan@feddit.org 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago A decade ago, it was "as a black man in america..." Now I suppose it's "as an autistic person in america..." Still the same troll farms operating out of russia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Yeah but closer to the eastern bloc you're likely to hear the term "vatnik" used instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago Tankies and vatniks have a lot of overlap. From my understanding, a vatnik is specifically someone who is shilling for the russian government. Not necessarily under a veneer of leftism (because the kremlin is far-right-wing). A tankie may or may not be directly shilling for the kremlin, but it's always an auth-comm under a guise of leftism. Tankie vatniks exist of course, but they're just the center of the venn diagram. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago Tankies and vatniks have a lot of overlap. From my understanding, a vatnik is specifically someone who is shilling for the russian government. Not necessarily under a veneer of leftism (because the kremlin is far-right-wing). A tankie may or may not be directly shilling for the kremlin, but it's always an auth-comm under a guise of leftism. Tankie vatniks exist of course, but they're just the center of the venn diagram. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Greddan@feddit.org 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago A decade ago, it was "as a black man in america..." Now I suppose it's "as an autistic person in america..." Still the same troll farms operating out of russia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago A decade ago, it was "as a black man in america..." Now I suppose it's "as an autistic person in america..." Still the same troll farms operating out of russia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) The number of Chinese Marxist-Leninists alone vastly outnumbers us Western tankies. The vast majority of "tankies" live in various countries outside of the imperial core. Even in the US, the most prominent and successful "tankie" organization was the Black Panther Party. permalink fedilink source parent
