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US Politics 15h
“Tankies” “communist” yall HAVE to understand that these words don’t describe real people
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Anonymous 14h

Tankies is just a meaningless buzzword, but communist absolutely describes real people (and it’s good 😎)

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Anonymous 15h

but you have to understand that they do

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 14h

tankies refer to marxist absolutists, as opposed to Leninists, stalinists, trotskyist, etc def not a buzzword

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

What does a “Marxist absolutist” mean?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 14h

those who believe that any deviation from Marx’s original theories are a corruption of communism and not true communism

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

Well all communists would disagree with treating Marx’s work like dogma, Marxism is a science that changes as our understanding of historical materialism and class struggle improve and develop. So what’s an example of the type of “tankie” you are referring to?

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