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I forgot to set a reminder so I'm a little late getting to this, but here we are again:

Are you a "tankie"?

Respond "yes" or "no", I'll collate results later

This process is being undertaken to determine if so-called "tankies" are conspiring to make you (yes, you) have a bad time on the internet!

vague or informal answers will be interpreted by the central authority (me). Only top level comments will be counted. I will not be providing further instructions or clarifications.

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Link to previous results (very serious) hexbear / lemmy,ml

Link to previous "are you a tankie?" thread

I'll likely check back in a week, my old pc died so itll take a little bit of time to prettify the results and write a report

Ciao, and of course, imperialism must be destroyed.

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[โ€“] Jerb322@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I was expecting a questionnaire. Um, no...

[โ€“] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 5 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

No, I don't think so?

[โ€“] blobii@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If you mean tankie in the sense of vanguard ism, then no.

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[โ€“] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I don't think so but I have been called it. So from my perspective no. from other peoples perspective. yes. From what I think a tankie would be (full communist workers own the means of prodcution who then says russia or such is in the right direction) no. I mean I doubt they look at me as one of their own. I sorta doubt tankies like the term though if per se. I mean there is a difference between feeling that karl marx writings are correct and outlays a way for society to run and saying nk, china, and russia are doing a bang up job.

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[โ€“] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not a fan of nation states. They divide the working class against themselves.

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[โ€“] Highlandcow@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] monocles@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No. But my anarchist friends consider me one. Also I don't consider the term tankie to be synonymous with communist or socialist.

If there were no meddling from the imperialist special interest abroad, there would have been no need for the tanks. Unfortunately the siege is ever present and ubiquitous.

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

"Tankie" isn't synonymous with communist in the same way "pinko" isn't, both are just pejoratives for communists.

[โ€“] somenonewho@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

No.

I'm an anarchist. I organize with Anti-authoritarian Communist though since most anarchist here are batshit ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't think so, I like USSR as a response to imperialism, current China is quite cool in many ways, but I don't automatically support whatever governments agrees on just cuz they're better than their competition.
Also Karl Marx was kinda genius, but not sure how he uses violence in his theory, of course a political theory must contain a corner for violence, but it is hard for me to trace what exactly was Marx's exact plan.

[โ€“] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Aigh't, while i don't believe in the premise of communism in human civilisation, i think socialism, without it getting over the freedom of people, is one of the way to ensure the future of humanity.

I believe a balanced amount of anarchism and socialism can, for a medium sized population, be good and sustainable on the long run.

Tho to be honest, i don't know enough in politics to say an answer.

Enlightened socialcentrism.

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