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How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset? (anarchist.nexus)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by stinky@anarchist.nexus to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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After seeing a megathread praising Mao Zedong, an actual mass killer, and a post about a guy saying "99% of westerners are 100000000000% sure they know what happened in 'Tiny Man Square' [...] the reasons for this are complex and involve propaganda [...]," I am genuinely curious what leads people to this belief system. Even if propaganda is involved when it comes to Tiananmen Square, it doesn't change the atrocities that were/are committed everywhere else in China.

I am all for letting people believe what they want but I am lost on why one would deliberately praise any authoritarian system this hard.

Can someone please help me understand why this is such a large and prominent community? How have these ideals garnered such a following outside of China?

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who has responded! This thread has been very insightful :)

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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I saw some comments suggesting Mao had a lot to teach us. ~~Hopefully it goes beyond killing everyone who wears glasses.~~ different guy! Pol Pot only killed a million or two.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 9 points 3 months ago

It's probably the famines. Those pesky sparrows had it coming. /s

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think you'll find it was Pol Pot that targeted people wearing glasses

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

You're quite right, thank you for the correction.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anarchists vs knowing who and what they are talking about (gone wrong) (gone sexual) /s

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I don't think I'm an anarchist, but I made an honest mixup.