I’m sure this is a super common question but why do people (generally liberals or sometimes people on the left) call basically everyone who mildly agree with current more authoritarian leaning socialist states tankies
I wouldn’t nessicarily call myself a tankie but I can also fully understand why people feel that label fits them when so many people call so many perspectives tankie perspectives and just shove them in a corner
Not sure if that makes sense as a question but I hope it does
This comment is to clear up some miscommunication I believe I may have not stated clearly in my post that I am now noticing
I dont have a problem with the more “authoritarian” communists
I was just curious how the term expanded from it’s original meaning
3.I don’t have a problem being called a tankie but I was curious why I kept having the term be used when I was not referring to something that seemed like fit the older versions of the term and did not involve the USSR at all
You’re all good. It’s good to ask and clarify. Sometimes responses are often also for those who maybe lurking but too afraid to ask. Hope my walls of text weren’t too much. I too am learning.
Not too much, I just felt the need to clarify because I realized it could be misinterpreted as me being against something I in no way am against
For 3: Words are not allowed to have complex meanings and still be used in a widespread fashion
Fair enough