I hate how “anti-war” has been hijacked by these people to mean, let imperialist countries invade whoever they want with no consequences. (in the case of tankies, any imperialist country that isn’t in NATO).

  • Cruxifux
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    671 day ago

    I don’t understand how other communists can defend Russia at this point. It feels to me like most of them forget that Russia is no longer a communist country.

    They’re capitalists. Putin is often using christo-fascist tactics. He’s also pushing for Russian imperialism in very capitalistic ways. Also, Russia was 100 percent the agitators here.

    Just because it challenges US worldwide hegemony doesn’t automatically make it good, boys.

    • @[email protected]
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      371 day ago

      Tankies might as well be called CINOs — communists in name only. Their defining feature is reverence towards authoritarian leaders. They revere Putin and Xi as “strong” leaders and completely ignore how little their regimes have in common with the socialist workers paradise Marx envisioned.

      • Flying Squid
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        211 day ago

        My favorite is when they argue that China has billionaires and private property and a stock market because Marx said you have to go through capitalism to get to communism. Which… doesn’t somehow also apply to the West?

          • Flying Squid
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            131 day ago

            Because if you tell them China is just as capitalist as the West, they tell you it absolutely isn’t and is a communist country.

            • Cruxifux
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              51 day ago

              Ok but China is absolutely not as capitalist as the west, and that’s an insane thing to say.

            • @[email protected]
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              51 day ago

              I’d buy that line if China wasn’t integrating those large businesses (albeit slowly) into the public sector, something the west is not doing, but rather moving to deregulate more and more (Thanks Trump! /s)

              • Flying Squid
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                91 day ago

                And yet it’s still not a communist country. I get that you want it to be a communist country, but it isn’t.

                • @[email protected]
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                  31 day ago

                  You won’t see me argue that China is communist, it’s socialist as it stands now with the stated goal of becoming communist

      • lad
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        81 day ago

        I especially despise how Putin and Xi were seen as ‘strong’ leaders, but when shit hit the fan in the last 5 years, they just hid away from repercussions

      • @[email protected]
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        61 day ago

        Do you know what you’ve done!? You’ve summoned him! He’s like Beetlejuice, say three Marxist terms and he appears. Combie will be here soon.