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Their whole identity is being built around fighting nazis. And bringing back traditional values.
Just like conservative values are being brought back to fight wokness.
Just like israel has to eradicate Palestine.
Just like nazis had to exterminate the jews.
It is all fascism.
Tankies are fascists that deluded themselves into thinking they are lefties.
Are we still pretending .ml and hexbear aren’t almost exclusively fronts for Russian propaganda?
russia or CCP propaganda.
BRICS as a whole
Idk about that second bit.
Wait, what?
Listen, .ml has its own problems. But when the fascists get to your door, you're going to wish you had a tank, too.
Tankies are fascists. Period.
yes, many can be fascist
are you saying that fascism is inevitable so we might we well jump onto authoritarianism as protection?
they're not oppositional
No
okay cool :3
I mean I'm sure some of them are pining for the time when communism was still in power. Kind of traditional.
Communists are still in power. They're running the world's largest economy.