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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (24 children)

Ok. I'm new here. What's a tankie

Edit: tysm everyone for the answers

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People that Stan authoritarian countries. The term comes from when the USSR crushed liberation movements with tanks in the Republics and many western communists approved of the crushing. People who love China, Russia, Assad’s Syria, etc are tankies.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Makes sense. Tyvm

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