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[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What does tankie mean

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 minutes ago

Someone who supports existing socialist states, generally.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's just an updated version of "commie" or "pinko" for anti communist who don't want to sound like cold war boomers.

[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But still coined by cold war boomers

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

I suppose it was probably coined by Silent Generationers, but it's modern usage is far more recent