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i plan to make this community in order to provide a space for leftists to congregate and discuss important political topics.

when i say “leftists” i mean real leftists, not tankies.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Tankie is too vague. Please define so that everyone knows what's allowed.

Is defending existing socialist/communist states being a tankie or does it require defending or erasing the horrors that those states have perpetuated required?

Edit: I'm neurodivergent and seriously need help with the term, not performing some sort of bullshit mind games crap.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

This is a good definition of tankie "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."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

whoever downvoted this post, i hope you realize how petty you look.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You said "i'm sorry about that" when I said I'm a Marxist-Leninist, but this is a "one-stop shop" for leftism. Marxism-Leninism works in Cuba, China, DPRK, Vietnam, Laos, but the prevailing leftist ideology isn't allowed in the leftist sub?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What is "works" in this sense, if you don't mind me asking? Like what are your expectations? What is your tolerance for suffering? I'm just curious. I know where I am (none of those places) has plenty of suffering as well. We moreso have the illusion of choice ftmp. I would like to understand why those examples you gave are your high watermark for governance.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

do you think i take authoratarian state capitalism seriously? i mean i still will let you post here, even if i dissagree with your ideology.