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

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

Edit: tysm everyone for the answers

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days 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 days ago

Makes sense. Tyvm

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