Comment on So why is .ml TLD going back to Mali taking everyone by surprise?

• Silviecat44@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  From wikipedia

  Tankie is a pejorative label for communists and those who align with Marxism–Leninism ideology. More generally, the term “tankie” has been applied for those who express support for one-party socialist republics that are associated with Marxism–Leninism, whether contemporary or historical.

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  • FiskFisk33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    so a bit like holocaust deniers but on the left extreme of the spectrum

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• Rottcodd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A tankie is a communist who at least defends and often advocates for forced submission to their rule, most clearly illustrated when tanks start rolling theough the streets. It dates back to the USSR sending in tanks to crush an uprising in Hungary in 1956, and was applied to the UK communists who argued in support of the USSR.

  The owners of lemmy.ml are tankies.

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• mojo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Someone who drives tanks to work

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