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Tankies, famously pro Confederate (lemmy.world)
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bait currently at the top of .world. Comments are full of either people pointing out actual communist positions on the matter, or just botslop.

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[–] 46 points 2 days ago (1 child)

There was a term "red republicans" around the time of the civil war because a lot of socialist and immigrants (48ers) were active republicans and fought for the north in the civil war. Tankies have always been right, often too early.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 days ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Republicans

    Radicals demanded the uncompensated abolition of slavery, while Lincoln wished instead to emulate the British Empire's abolition of slavery by financially compensating former slave owners who had remained loyal to the Union.

    Literally to the left of Lincoln. Liberals taking the idealist vibes understanding of history are always so pissed when the materialist analysis shows their positions to be obviously deplorable.

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