Comment on Anarchists and Tankies could benefit from a Codex Alera 'Gadara' relationship a.k.a. trusted enemies

5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Tankies as a whole, no. Individual tankies absolutely could be. Also it is quite possible to be honorable and still evil, you can be a villain and still be honest and idealistic enough to be trusted to act against a common enemy. If a tankie told me they would put me against the wall if they had the power, but would never betray me to ICE that is a slim common ground, but being that direct I might trust enough to share info or loosely coordinate against ICE

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  • hypnicjerk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Tankies as a whole, no.

    the litmus test for tankies is whether they blindly support modern era china, russia, and nk, all authright empires. what do you think a tankie is?

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    • HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      the litmus test for tankies is whether they blindly support modern era china, russia, and nk, all authright empires

      This is pretty close to my own thoughts, though my definition might go more into the ideological underpinnings of those positions. There’s also a lot of leeway in the “blindly” on that one, and I would guess I am less likely to label someone a tankie than others here.

      The term is thrown around pretty loosely on Lemmy. I’ve been called a tankie on here for criticizing democrats and for disagreeing with specific criticisms of the Trump regime (things like going after Melania’s nudes or other things I find entirely trivial next to the monstrous crimes) so I expected it to be taken as the more vibes based usage here.

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