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The term “tankie” was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

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i don’t consider anti-communist NATO “leftists” to be on the left. if you are palling around with Vaush, it’s pretty clear what’s up.

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yeah, it’s where the tech bourgeoisie and their bootlickers congregate, with all of their attendant racism and US cheerleading. it’s one of the main injectors of capitalist propaganda into the tech space these days.

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one of those “why i left the left” people. like, clearly was just riding the wave of popular sentiment from Bernie running, and now pushing some very reactionary shit

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the coolest part of the ruling is that congress gets to decide what “insurrection” means re: the 14th amendment. get ready for a whole lot of red baiting targeting the most centrist of dems so that they can be “credibly accused” of insurrection.

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if you follow the links they are part of this paau org: https://paaunow.org/our-team look for Elise Ketch. they’ve got some real money behind them, but may not be personally that wealthy.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60950016

different person, but part of the same org full of catholics and anarchists

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he’s the moderate wing of fascism

edit: i looked up the quote, and the next line is: “After us, it’s the pitchforks.” he knows what he’s doing.

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ah yes, the “i don’t want you to know how much this is astroturfed” protests, against the “we want to know how much astroturf is there” law.

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infosec dot exchange. they gleefully welcomed feds on there

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