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So why is .ml TLD going back to Mali taking everyone by surprise? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Was there some sort of assurance that nothing was going to happen when the contract expired, and this expectation was changed? Freenom hasn't been registering domains since Jan 1.

It's seeming a little odd to me that this is catching people with their pants down.

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[–] 109 points 3 years ago (22 children)

Actually, I think it's amusingly perfect that the tankies were hyperfocused on conjectural threats posed by capitalists and entirely missed the much more imminent threat posed by a government.

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Very true. I had to laugh when I saw lemmygrad.com

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  • [–] 52 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    lemmygrad.com is just a redirect to exploding-heads.com which is just another extremist instance at the other end of the spectrem.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Oh they had to change? Do I need to re-defederate them under the new name?

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    lemmygrad.com is just a redirect to exploding-heads.com which is just another extremist instance at the other end of the spectrem.

    According to this comment, looks like it should be defederated anyhow

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    That comment actually makes it look more to me like nothing needs to be done. If it's just a redirect there shouldn't be anything on activitypub for lemmygrad.com, and the Nazi instance was the first one I defederated. At least, that's how I understand it I could be wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    What is a tankie? First time I’m seeing it today.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago* (10 children)

    From wikipedia

    Tankie is a pejorative label for communists and those who align with Marxism–Leninism ideology. More generally, the term "tankie" has been applied for those who express support for one-party socialist republics that are associated with Marxism–Leninism, whether contemporary or historical.

    They usually praise communism and ignore the flaws and horrible practices of things like the U.S.S.R

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    so a bit like holocaust deniers but on the left extreme of the spectrum

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    They are the best example of why left unity is bullshit. Tankies are okay with literal fascism as long as it doesn't involve a western country.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm all about left unity. If someone makes excuses for authoritarian governments, they're not on the left. If they disagree with black lives matter, they're not on the left. If they're transphobic, they're not on the left. We leftists need to stick together and protect the most marginalised members of our community, by kicking fascists and bigots out. That's what left unity means. Good old paradox of tolerance.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Just because someone's beliefs don't align with yours doesn't mean they "aren't on the left".

    Leftism isn't a catch all for good people.

    In fact many anarchists became disillusioned with the idea of "the left", hence post-leftism.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Just because it's authoritarian doesn't mean it's fascist. The USSR murdered millions, and was an authoritarian shithole, but that doesn't mean it was fascist. It was communist. Fascism is terrible, but so are other forms of authoritarianism.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism

    It's literally semantics at this point

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    The "a capitalist economy" bit is the very important distinction. Communist states share most or all of the other traits with fascism. But so do Feudal countries with merchantilist economies, modern dictatorships without government-driven economy, and all other strongly authoritarian systems eventually.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago*

    A tankie is a communist who at least defends and often advocates for forced submission to their rule, or more broadly defends the authoritarian regimes that engage in such. It dates back to the USSR sending in tanks to crush an uprising in Hungary in 1956, and was applied to the UK communists who argued in support of the USSR.

    The owners of lemmy.ml are tankies.

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