• Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    No, because MLs aren’t necessarily tankies. And I do consider tankies a subset of Communists. Just not the very bright subset.

    “Tankie” means someone who’s more interested in following a communist team rather then a communist ideal. Even if the team leader is just a grifter.

    If you acknowledge the short comings of certain states that don’t really follow the “from each according to his ability to each according to his need”, you’re not a tankie.

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      1 year ago

      In other words, you do not know what “tankie” means. You’re just an anti-communist too cowardly to say so.

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      Anarchists follow their team too; they’re opposed to any state whatsoever, no matter what the character of that state is and no matter the achievements of that state. Their team is the abolition of the state and anything that works towards that goal, no matter who it comes from, is considered by anarchists to be anarchist(ic). By this definition they would be tankies too.