I see the word comrade get passed around a lot on the internet, particularly lemmy, and I’ve never really known the lore behind it. The only association I have with the word is that it’s a word I primarily see used by tankies (as in, authoritarian leftists who hate on authoritarianism in the west but not in the east). Does anyone know and can explain it in a relatively understandable way?
I mostly use it ironically for false friends that pretend to be leftists 😅
But yeah, that’s a bit like giving the term to the tankies, which is a pity, as in theory it is a good way to describe people you feel are allies in the many of today’s struggles.