Trying to get a better understanding on the whole tankie thing, found this study that seems unbiased. It looks at their online behavior. I would appreciate others review of the study, even if just bullshit or facts.
Jeebus these people are exhausting, they also spray so much disinformation. They remind me of MAGAts.
I don’t yet have a feel for the dynamics like I do with MAGAts. How much of it is organized with handlers and such vs. organic true believers?
This kind of comment always reeks to me of “No True Scotsman”. Communists and radicals are literally defined as being on the extreme left. People on Lemmy have no problem considering MAGAts rightwing (and they are) but I’m sure there are anti-Trump pure fiscal conservatives who claim that they aren’t. But you don’t see people defending the “right” in such a way on Lemmy.
Can’t we just admit that the extreme left or extreme right are both similarly bad?
Tankies aren’t meaningfully left in the same way conservatives and magats aren’t meaningfully right. They completely eschew concepts of left and right that challenge their authority. They are authoritarian first. Left of right is a cosplay.
Literally the US is becoming like China and vice versa. As they both consolidate power among smaller and smaller groups.
It’s almost like the political spectrum is a false dichotomy that only feeds into the us vs them narrative that is fueling conflicts all over the world.