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      It seems there’s two big rabbit holes online.

      “Do COVID vaccines have side effects?” leading to thinking abortions should be illegal, atheists are the devil, Trump is your saviour, and that Russia is justified in invading Ukraine.

      “Is capitalism unfair?” leading to tankies, thinking communism would be good for the proles, and thinking Russia is justified in invading Ukraine.

      Almost like Russia is spreading both trails of bullshit.

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      I know I could Google it, but I’ll ask here, because others may be afraid to ask: what is a tankie? I’m seeing that phrase a lot, but I guess I’m getting old, because I missed the rising of that phrase.

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        EuroNutellaMan already said it in a concise manner. To put it even shorter, it’s the Marxist-Leninists, state-capitalism and dictatorship loving right-wing of communism.

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        I’d assume it’s someone who supports communism. It’s likely a reference to the infamous Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, when the Chinese government used tanks to suppress protestors in the square.

        The reason it’s prominent on Lemmy is because the main dev of the software used to run Lemmy apparently supports communism.

        It should be noted, though, that that last sentence ultimately doesn’t matter since the the software is open-source. Should the software become an issue, someone else can simply start developing the Lemmy software instead. Additionally, because it’s open-source, everyone can create or join a Lemmy instance instead of using the dev’s own lemmy.ml instance.

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          Not really, it’s more people who identify as Marxist-Leninists or leftist in general who deny, downplay, or outright praise the genocidal actions of totalitarian regimes like the USSR, the PRC, etc, and/or who today will support countries like Russia in the ukraine-russia conflict (explicitly or more overtly) simply because they hate the US and NATO.

          The origins actually predate Tiananmen square, but I can’t exactly remember if it was people who praised the actions of the USSR during the Prague spring or the Hungarian revolution.

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            Ah, thanks for the correction. I just knew that Marxist-Leninism was somehow related to Communism, and that Communist China used tanks to suppress the protests in Tiananmen Square.

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        leftists who support authoritarian actions by nominally communist regimes.

        it was originally used in the Communist Party of Great Britain to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring uprising, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions.[wikipedia]

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    The paranoia is starting to ramp up, now with drones and missiles hitting inside Russia.

    My guess is they will crack down hard on anyone trying to talk about the actual reality of what’s going on vs the party line.

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    A classic move by authoritarian tyrants, suppress the spread of information, outlaw the free exchange of ideas.

    This is why Tor and other privacy preserving technology is so important. People’s lives and wellbeing depend on them. We must not forget there are people in this world who are being harassed, tortured, and killed because they dare to question their government, dare to criticize their leaders, dare to think for themselves.

    “While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.” -V for Vendetta

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      But you see, it is only bad if it is done by authoritarian regimes, but we are states of law and democracy, so there is nothing bad about it. And we are states of law because trust me bro

      -European conservatives and “social democrats”

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        The UK conservatives aren’t even trying to hide it anymore. They have now just gone full on dictatorship energy.

        Fortunately they are a bunch of incompetents who fight amongst themselves like a sack of cats. Otherwise they might actually represent threat.

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          While I agree with your distaste, I hope you remain wary. Their incompetence seems to have the outcome of enriching them and their sponsors. Can you still attribute incompetence when they are benefitting?

          Regarding dictatorship, the conservatives right now are setting up a lot of things like anti-protest laws that seem toothless because they haven’t been used to the fullest extent, but the groundwork is there. It won’t take long (likely one election cycle) and I’m sure we’ll see them use it in the fullest extent.

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      Why? If anything the EU tends towards pro-privacy/anti-authoritarianism and has mostly avoided this kind of security theater seen in other countries.

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      It will happen first in the USA, UK and Australia before all the EU countries approve such bullshit.

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        I don’t understand why we’re constantly told that Russia and China are the biggest threats to democracy, because we keep stealing their ideas.

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    That’s gonna truly suck. VK has good videos unavailable elsewhere. I’ve had an account there for a long time. I wonder what that’ll mean for access to rutracker. edit: whois says rutracker is registered in the Bahamas :)

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    Piracy is allowed there anyway since the war the will not punish it, they even promote it with an emergent law

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        What are you basing this on? At the start of the war he was challenging Putin for a MMA match and he lets Ukrainians use Starlink. Am I missing something?

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          Starlink has already cut access to front line Ukrainians before, forcing them to hold off on advancing due to lack of communication.

          Starlink has benefitted immensely from the war, so it’s not a purely humanitarian desire to help Ukrainians. Free publicity and a guaranteed market share when only a handful of people ever even heard of Starlink is what they were after, IMO.

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            This still leaves my question unaswered. What has he done to indicate that he’s pro-Putin? I’m genuinely asking.

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            forcing them to hold off on advancing due to lack of communication

            That’s not why. They were stretching the Russian defences and resources and now have launched their main attack. In any case, Russia can jam starlink. It’s not some wunderwaffe.

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    This will have a huge impact on free speech in Russia. Also, information we receive from Russia may not be genuine after this measurement will be implemented, as it will be politically in terms of Russia - as we know it from China right now. In order to spread the REAL things that are going on, people will need to risk their freedom.