• Ghostalmedia
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    03 months ago

    Nothing says democracy like a tank.

    • Cowbee [he/they]
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      03 months ago

      That’s not a point, it’s just a quip. Do you think you can create Socialism without a military to defend itself?

      • Ghostalmedia
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        03 months ago

        National defense is not what the “tank” in tankie refers to.

        • Cowbee [he/they]
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          13 months ago

          Yes, it is. It originated as a slur against the British Communists in the CPGB that sided with the USSR against the fascists in the 1956 Hungarian counterrevolution. The rebels lynched hundreds of Communist Party members and released fascists from prison to help overthrow the Communist leadership. This was national defense, by definition.

          Do you have an actual point, or just quips?