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    Normally, I think killing a CEO will cause no good because they’re so replaceable, but I could make an exception and celebrate Sam’s death.

    At least until I have to look at 500 Tankie posts trying to convince western teens and facebook uncles to worship the killer.

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      7 hours ago

      Tankie here. Marxists-Leninist don’t condone stochastic violent acts during capitalism against Capitalists, the word we use to refer to such tactics is “adventurism”, and it’s criticized heavily.

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        He’s telling the truth for once. MLs don’t believe that workers should have agency over their lives or the revolution. They only condone violence against capitalists if leadership ordered them to. They’re very much a top down belief system hence the “Tankie” part: ie enforcing political orthodoxy with the threat of violence against the workers.

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          They only condone violence against capitalists if leadership ordered them to

          No. We just believe that adventurism isn’t a good tactic in bourgeois dictatorship, and we distinguish it from repression of capitalists by the dictatorship of the proletariat, i.e. by the state democratically representing the workers in power.

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        Then you don’t support Russia, China, or North Korea and you’re not a tankie, or you do support those entities and you’re lying about their activities, in either scenario that’s bullshit.

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          6 hours ago

          You’re not wrong that they support those countries but you haven’t explained how that’s pertinent to the topic at hand.

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            Because China, Russia, and North Korea run psyops that either directly or indirectly harm western nations, such as by endorsing, and in some cases funding and arming, people who oppose or disadvantage the governments and peoples in those nations in any way and by doing anything in their power to decrease credibility and trust of those nation’s governments.

            Examples: China used its TikTok military op not only to collect and categorize americans (and other nations) but to directly endorse Donald Trump for president, followed by the largest shift rightward in young voters ever recorded. China wants Anarchy in the west, China wants an opportunity to grow their own borders unchecked and become the dominant global superpower.

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            If you’re a Tankie

            You support Russia, China, and The Dictatorship of North Korea.

            That’s like the definition of the word.

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              5 hours ago

              That’s your definition. To me, it means essentially “Marxist-Leninist who supports actually existing socialist projects”. I still fail to see what my views on some countries have to do with adventurism.

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        14 hours ago

        Like when Brian Thompson was killed and his vice president took over the reigns within the hour? Like when they continued denying claims at record rates using AI? Fact of the matter is, somebody got rich off that guy dying, these sort of events won’t make the rich less greedy, it will enable and embolden them so that only the most violent rise to the top.

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        14 hours ago

        No. Not one single time have I ever considered that.

        Perhaps if it were a resistance to a fascist regime, but CEOs aren’t a fascist regime they’re just players in the game that voters have created.

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        14 hours ago

        It’s not only Tankies but I’d wager it’s a majority Tankies. Anything to promote western violence and the loss of engagement in the political process.