Remember kids, Tankies wants to undermine democracy - same as facists.

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      The types of leftists that will defend any regime that opposes the US/the west, and say any ethical/human rights violations done by them are either necessary in the moment to fight capitalism or is just fake news. You usually find them celebrating China’s government.

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      Theoretically, they’re authoritarian leftists. In reality, leftism has little to do with it. They glorify former communist authoritatian countries and are anti-west no matter what the west does. There are pro-russia tankies (Lemmygrad.ml) and pro-china tankies (hexbear.net), with some overlap between them.

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        Tankies are not Communists, they’re authoritarian fascists. About as communist as North Korea is democratic.