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[–] toxiczombie@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

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

Edit: tysm everyone for the answers

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH 20 points 1 year 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.

[–] toxiczombie@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Makes sense. Tyvm

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