• Zozano@lemy.lol
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      6 months ago

      I would say they’re “alt-left” in the derogatory sense.

      • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 months ago

        Tankies aren’t leftists; I’ve yet to read a coherent and useful way of defining “leftist” that includes tankies as well as other groups that identify as such. That is to say, if we allow for the existence of entities that are mistaken or lie about being leftist, we are forced to exclude tankies.

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          6 months ago

          But their unity-through-force ideology, which is totally not just an excuse to be edgy and feel morally superior, but really and truly a coherent belief system, is definitely practical and pure, and not some slighly skewed picture of fascism with a handful of socialist buzzword decals slapped on top.

          So, therefore, Left!

          . . .

          /s juuuuuuust in case