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