Lenin didn’t mind massacres and oppression at all, as long as he got to be the government
Comment on Anarchists and Tankies could benefit from a Codex Alera 'Gadara' relationship a.k.a. trusted enemies
stepan@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
I’m not sure if you use the term tankie correctly. Tankies are the people justifying genocides, massacres and oppression if their perpetrators claim to be communist.
I can agree with statist communist that we share values but disagree on how should they be achieved. But I can never agree with a tankie claiming to share those values while supporting regimes that would make even marx and lenin vomit (or I hope so, even though I’m not their fan and don’t know that much about them).
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Quite right. I was using it this way because it is used often incorrectly on Lemmy and I figured it would get the point I was making across.
Very easy to end up sharing those values and supporting regimes that don’t agree simply with the prevalence of misinformation, or sometimes when a difference in priorities is masquerading as a difference in values. As someone who is not a fan of nation states in general, I just try to sus out if people are in ironically on board with atrocities or just disagree about the history but would be horrified if they believed.