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I’ve been watching JT for a while now across Second Thought, the Deprogram, and First Thought. He’s never once defended atrocities from ML states.
Anyways, I think I ought to make a post talking about how tankie is a bullshit term. For example, I’ve been called a tankie for saying we can organize against high rent prices
I’ve been called a Tankie too. And I don’t know what I am. One day I’m a SocDem, another an anarchist. I do know I’m anti capitalist. Does that make me a tankie? We are so far from Marxist-Leninism. It’s like complaining about the vacation before you get on the plane. Most “tankies,” at least the insincere ones, are cosplaying an aesthetic. They know they want something different, so they’re emulating something they’ve already seen. Take Vaush. He calls himself a libertarian socialist, but supports NATO. It would be generous to call him a social democrat. Guess what, I still watch and support his platform. Because we need people.
As for the actual Marxist-Leninist. I understand where they’re coming from. Historically, change only happens with revolution. And maintaining a large population requires some form of state. How that’s performed is the real discussion. And I’m here for it.
I’ve been watching JT for a while now across Second Thought, the Deprogram, and First Thought. He’s never once defended atrocities from ML states.
Anyways, I think I ought to make a post talking about how tankie is a bullshit term. For example, I’ve been called a tankie for saying we can organize against high rent prices
I’ve been called a Tankie too. And I don’t know what I am. One day I’m a SocDem, another an anarchist. I do know I’m anti capitalist. Does that make me a tankie? We are so far from Marxist-Leninism. It’s like complaining about the vacation before you get on the plane. Most “tankies,” at least the insincere ones, are cosplaying an aesthetic. They know they want something different, so they’re emulating something they’ve already seen. Take Vaush. He calls himself a libertarian socialist, but supports NATO. It would be generous to call him a social democrat. Guess what, I still watch and support his platform. Because we need people.
As for the actual Marxist-Leninist. I understand where they’re coming from. Historically, change only happens with revolution. And maintaining a large population requires some form of state. How that’s performed is the real discussion. And I’m here for it.
Only marxist leninists are tankies.