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minus-squaredonuts@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·2 years ago tankie A militant communist, usually.
minus-squarePratai@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·2 years agoIsn’t that something conservatives call people they disagree with?
minus-squaredonuts@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoAmerican conservatives generally call anybody left of Joe Manchin, “communists”. Of course, there are real communists too, and some of them are militant, and that’s what people generally are referring to when they say “tankie”.
minus-squarePratai@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoJudging people by their preference in economic systems is about as dumb as blind nationalism. I don’t think I’ll ever understand this level of ignorance.
minus-squareMelonTheMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIt’s meaningless, let’s the right subdivide people further. Let’s argue about methods of trade!
A militant communist, usually.
Isn’t that something conservatives call people they disagree with?
American conservatives generally call anybody left of Joe Manchin, “communists”.
Of course, there are real communists too, and some of them are militant, and that’s what people generally are referring to when they say “tankie”.
Judging people by their preference in economic systems is about as dumb as blind nationalism. I don’t think I’ll ever understand this level of ignorance.
It’s meaningless, let’s the right subdivide people further.
Let’s argue about methods of trade!