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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

they are the same thing.

tankie is just a generic derogatory slang for leftist.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

wikipedia says its a generic pejorative to define marxist-leninists. so, just as i said?

bonus points for the AuThoRiTharian trope.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

How interesting the actual view from Wikipedia doesn't line up with that at all🤔

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Nope, it is clearly defined.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof.