Refugees and activists tell the BBC intimidation tactics are tearing apart Uyghur communities overseas.
  • mim@lemmy.sdf.org
    116·
    11 months ago

    Imagine thinking Chinese workers own the means of production, or not even knowing where the term “tankie” comes from.

    • OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
      74·
      11 months ago

      The term tankie comes from the 1956 hungarian revolution/counter-revoluton (depending on who you ask) which split the British communist party, those that supported the Soviet Union suppressing it with the military were called tankies.

      The video of the man in front of the tank column related to the June 4th incident did not result in the man standing in front of the tank dying, and those tanks were leaving the area where the violence occurred and is not where the word tankie comes from like I believe you are suggesting.

      • mim@lemmy.sdf.org
        12·
        11 months ago

        No, I was suggesting that tankie came to describe USSR supporters (which modern apologists project onto Russia, as if the wall never fell). I am aware of the origin of the term.

        My comment was a reply on people supporting whatever Russia and China do. It takes a jab at both.

        • OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
          1·
          11 months ago

          No, I was suggesting that tankie came to describe USSR supporters

          No, it started that way? Do you mean started to be more all encompassing? I literally explained the origin of the term one comment ago. Also, I dont see how this

          " Imagine thinking Chinese workers own the means of production, or not even knowing where the term “tankie” comes from. "

          -can mean what you say you meant.

          (which modern apologists project onto Russia, as if the wall never fell).

          Anyone who has researched the USSR enough to cut through capitalist propaganda knows Russia is now a neolib-ish bourgeois democracy.