A lot of questions on here are aimed at the reddit users experiences, but I’ve been wondering what the older users thought of his move. Are there any reddit cultures you are hoping do not come with the users? Are you confident or fearful of the growth coming from the reddit community? I’m curious how the reddit influx is changing these communities either for better or for worse.
Honest question. What are tankies?
t’s a derogatory term for far-left Marxist-Leninists (MLs). Some MLs proudly wear the label (see r/InformedTankie on reddit) since the term has been overused to the point of meaninglessness. Basically, any sympathies with or presenting info contradicting mainstream propaganda about socialist states (USSR, PRC, DPRK) will have you branded “tankie”, i even just read a post from r/rust saying they dont want to move to any Lemmy instance because we’re a buncha tankies
Thank you comrade.
Originally, like someone said, it was a derogatory term for supporters of Khrushchev military intervention against a revolt in Hungary in 1956.
It is also used to pejoratively refer to a supporter of some leftist regimes, such as that of Stalin’s USSR, China, and North Korea (also Pol Pot’s Cambodia, probably). Are also a supporter of Putin’s Russia and its invasion of Ukraine.
Take of it what you will.
EDIT: One could even argue how leftist they even were/are. Or if it was only when it suited them.
It’s a term originally used for anyone who supported Khrushchev’s intervention in Hungary. Now it’s a thought terminating term for anyone I don’t like that’s also to the left of me.