this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
205 points (93.6% liked)
Memes
3754 readers
392 users here now
Good memes, bad memes, unite towards a united front.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Tankie either refers to anyone to the left of Trump, or very specifically the LaRouche movement, depending on what's most convenient.
Make tankie mean pro-Soviet intervention against reactionary Hungarian colour revolution again.
Liberal reading your comment:
MAGA communism tankie!
No it doesn’t, I’ve only heard radlibs use it and it was against any supporters of AES. Originally it was used for people in Britain who supported Khrushchev’s intervention in Hungary, but since has been expanded on the internet.
How did I go my whole life thinking Stalin did the intervention in Hungary?
That's the anti-Stalin paradigm at work. Everything you've been told was bad about the USSR was down to Stalin.
Idk, it happened after Stalin’s death. How long have you known about it? (“My whole life”)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/05/boris-johnson-jeremy-corbyn-labour-left-tankies-trots-conservative-conference
Lol. It would make sense for the term to be more mainstream in the UK considering it’s from there. Basically, they are trying to associate Corbyn with people like us who would have supported the Soviet intervention, which is a stretch.