this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023
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Dunking on Tankies from a leftist perspective.
A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian or even totalitarian regimes who call themselves "socialist". The term originated from people supporting the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays they are just terminally online, denying genocides, and falling for totalitarian propaganda and calling such regimes "true democracies". remember to censor usernames when necessary.
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Why not both? Russian invaded Ukraine and the US is using it as a proxy war.
Yeah, the US is absolutely capitalizing in it. Why wouldn't you destabilize a geopolitical rival if they commit an unforced error?
It's just tragic that Russian and Ukrainian civilians are caught up in this shit that Putin started
They destabilized themselves. Russian couldn't win before all this aid showed up, now it's just a cruel meat grinder. I would have preferred a income tax rebate for my portion of this aid being sent to bury people I've never met, in places I'll never go.
that is insensitive.
Hopes and prayers! give me my $1000 back though.