• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        Given that conservatism is pretty much “what if we somehow conserved the power dynamics of the feudal era into democracy?”, Stalinism is just conservatism, but with communism.

      • njm1314@lemmy.world
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        The irony there being that Putin doesn’t want the USSR. He wants to go back to the Russian Empire. He’s kind of open about that.

      • Skiluros@sh.itjust.works
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        9 days ago

        Not potentially, definitely.

        Unless you’re refering to the notion that a large number of them are clearly roleplaying and “being edgy online” (Cuba is a democracy and has free elections! NK is a great place to live! Everything I don’t like is BIA conspiracy!).

        I think a large number of Threadiverse tankies are demagogues and are merely chimping out for the “edgy aesethic”.

        • MourningDove@lemmy.zip
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          9 days ago

          I’d imagine also, that a fair amount of them are conservatives just feeding the fire. Nothing helps them more than a fractured opposition.

    • fishy@lemmy.today
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      9 days ago

      90% of the time when your see the dumbest possible take, it’s someone from hexbear.