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Tankie always meant a fan of authoritarianism but not of the nazi variety. And hand to hand with that goes hate for America, but hate for America isn't enough on it's own, it should be paired with love of Strong Hand Of The East.
Tankie thinks China, Russia, North Korea are just swell, and not because of some underlying ideology, but because they have an authoritarian model of governance and generally in opposition to the west to some degree.
And that's the reason why it's so hard to define for some people, boiled down to it's definition, it's very hard to spin into something universally good, so talking to a general public they have to do what authoritarian lovers from the other side of the spectrum call "hiding the power lever", which muddies the water.
America is the most authoritarian nation in human history
They have the highest incarceration rate of all time, and have destroyed the sovereignty of billions of people
Conveniently all enemies of the US State Department. Don't those tankies know that these countries are bad because checks notes they do the authoritarianisms.
Countries that do authitarianism become bad, yes. That's exactly how it works, glad you're getting it.
I can't believe anyone would enforce class interests with violence, instead of debating tenants out of houses they're in arrears for. Smh
On some level when you're doing sophistry like this do you understand you're acting real stupid?
What's authoritarianism, and how does a country do it?
Seriously?
Yes, seriously. Liberals love vaguely coded moralisms and ideals, but they never specify what they mean systematically. America is more "authoritarian" by any definition I can conceive due to its hundreds year history of slavery, imperialist war and mass incarceration than any other country on earth
Seriously.