• Imotali@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Anti-capitalist ≠ tankie

    In fact Communist ≠ tankie

    Tankies are specifically defenders of Marxist-Leninist communism and their one party state rule (which is ironically not communism, it’s Stalinism which is a form of autocratic socialism)

    • gamer@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Sure, but

      • Lemmy == Lots of tankies
      • Tankies == Anticapitalist

      So I operate on the assumption that anticapitalist people on Lemmy are tankies. It’s not true in all cases ofc, but without more info, I think that’s a safe default.

      That dude calling my post “bullshit romanticism of capitalism” gives a bit more confidence that they’re a tankie with a strong case of grassphobia.

      • Imotali@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Lemmy is not full of tankies, yours truly a communist.

        And your post was free market romanticism.

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        1 year ago

        Sure, but

        • Beer == Germans
        • Germans == Fascists

        So I operate on the assumption that German people on Lemmy are Fascists. It’s not true in all cases ofc, but without more info, I think that’s a safe default.

        And before you call my flawless reasoning stupid… I don’t really have anything to say.

        • gamer@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          logic error on line 2: Beer == Germans

          Beer does not equate to Germans, rather Germans equate to Beer. If we fix that error, then it doesn’t fit the original pattern:

          • Germans == Beer
          • Germans == Fascists

          That would only work if Beer == Fascists, which of course is not true.

          Also, wrong does not equal stupid, rather stupid equals wrong. Which is to say, you comment is wrong, but not necessarily stupid.