• mustardman
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    1 year ago

    A tankie is a supporter of an authoritarian country that either is, or presents itself as, a left wing.

    Pretty unambiguous definition.

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        1 year ago

        Jails dissidents without a modicum of due process.

        Yeah it’s a problem in a lot of countries, welcome to the “status quo”.

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            1 year ago

            I agree. This is why I caution more nuanced takes on economics. A lot of people on Hexbear think a revolution occuring in the US is going to look like 1917, but really it’s going to be more like 1923. Take a look at the closest we have been to a “revolution” since 1776.

            • The question is just how bad things are going to get before socialism happens. It might get to fascists killing people like me in the streets beforehand, but fascism will not resolve the contradictions of capitalism and will not prevent the inevitability of socialism.

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                1 year ago

                This is a human problem that cannot seem to be fixed. It feels like a simulation how history is constantly stuck in the same power cycles without sustained improvement.

                There are innocent people who have been conditioned to think the status quo is the best we have, who themselves are victims of misinformation. The only left-wing revolutions I’ve seen in history involves purging these people from society, which eventually creates the left wing gestapos, like the NKVD. These organizations persist to squash dissidents and millions of deaths later these countries revert to capitalism or quasi-capitalism due to a failed system.

                I don’t know what the best answer to it is, but there are no quick fixes.

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                    1 year ago

                    Turns out you were serious. Perhaps you should log off the internet and open a history book, friend.

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                    1 year ago

                    The Gestapo and NKVD were both oppressive secret police organizations. Why is it controversial to say this?

                    I was genuinely trying to turn this into a good-faith debate and was going to note it as my first positive interaction with a Hexbear user.