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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[–] Soktopraegaeawayok@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its sentences like this that hurt your argument critically.

There's no confusion here, the US Empire was the evil side in the Cold War, and evil won out.

"There's no confusion here" ? You sure about that?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm sure. Based on what we factually know, the US Empire was a brutal exporter of death and misery while it plundered the world. The soviets were responsible for the largest and most significant improvements in quality of life in history, and supporting liberation struggles world-wide. I'm aware that anti-communists exist, and that anti-communism is the status quo in the US Empire. I'm also aware that that's because of decades of propagandizing and the fact that the US Empire needs imperialism to function.

[–] Soktopraegaeawayok@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Im not surprised but its wild how you talk about some of this stuff. You talk literally like an enemy of America. If you could leave and have a decent standard of living in a different country, would you do it?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

I have family here. I could absolutely have a higher standard of living if I moved to China, for example, but my family is here. I'd rather the US Empire become socialist than move myself, and more and more people agree with me.

You are on a platform made by communists, there are a bunch of us here. Mostly on instances Lemmy.world censors for you, like Lemmygrad.ml and Hexbear.net.