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Seeing libs seethe about “too many tankies” is really funny. (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by aidnic@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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On stuff outside of lemmygrad, we are receiving a lot of hate, especially by those who just moved from Reddit. Guess they lost their hidden privilege at Reddit as their rhetoric used to be almost universal over there, while genzedong and our other subs get censored and banned. And now, on lemmy, their stuff isn’t universal, as we are more prevalent here. Seems like they really want that hidden privilege back

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[–] sergio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Much of it was built on colonialism and neocolonialism, with the richness of the West built on uneven exchange with everyone else, a system set up at gunpoint. None of this is described as authoritarian

I would agree those are authoritarian

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[–] CarlMarks@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

After being prompted, sure

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[–] sergio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I would gladly recognize the American empire's atrocities, I just didn't think it was necessary since most left-leaning spaces are up to date on them, and it would largely be preaching to the choir.

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[–] CarlMarks@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 3 years ago

My point is about the unconscious selective use of language, in this case to vilify communists. It's not a coincidence that the term pops up so often in the imperial core to crap on (usually BIPOC-led) successful revolutions and their theory, usually anti-imperialist struggles. Double standards and uneven emphasis are the primary tools of propaganda and they'll have you doing their work for them for free.

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