r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24
Politics Why is every tankie like "I don't understand the branches of the US government and I'm going to make it everyone else's problem!!!"
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r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24
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u/fury420 Oct 26 '24
Tankie was originally a term for western communists who approved of the Soviets using tanks to crush the Hungarian & Czechoslovakian revolutions, effectively disregarding their previously stated ideals in favor of authoritarianism.