
TankieJerk
Dunking on Tankies from a leftist, anti-capitalist perspective.
Rules:
- No bigotry of any kind.
- No tankies or right-wingers. Liberals are allowed so long as they are aware of this
- No genocide or atrocity denial
We allow posts about tankie behavior, shitposts, and rational, leftist discussion. Please redirect any Fediverse tankie-posts to !MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works to avoid bringing drama to Piefed.social
Curious about non-tankie leftism? If you've got a little patience for 19th century academic style, let a little Marx and Kropotkin be your primer!
Marx's Communist Manifesto, short and accessible! Highly recommended if you haven't read it
For a wider variety of leftist memes, see:
I’d buy a case if they tasted like Margot Robbie.
Tankies?
People who simp for horrific regimes like the Soviet Union, just because the regime waves a red flag and claims to be socialist.
They got the name in the 1950s after the Soviet Union sent in tanks to crush democratic socialists in Hungary, and some people still parroted the Soviet 'party line'.
how was soviet union horrific regime? how is europe not horrific? can you elaborate?