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Oil money funded think tank finally gets it!
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What's a tankie?
Originally, it was used to describe those who defended the use of tanks to stop the Hungarian revolution 1956 (i think)
Now its used to describe those that align with Marxism-leninism (also i think)
Loaded question is going to get loaded answers but:
Marxist-identifying people who like to glorify oppressive regimes, usually Stalin's USSR and Mao's China. Fascists disguised as communists.
And what makes you think this meme has anything to do with them?
You know that tankies are a small minority in global northern leftism?
I could see people who criticize the west being called tankies, but it seems like a reach to infer that criticism of capitalism means praise of whatever China is doing.
Can you provide a source for China being most polluting per cap?
I know China has more pollution but also they're the most populous which means they'll pollute a lot.
But China is far from most polluting per cap.
Qatar is #1 With China's carbon pollution per capita being HALF of that of the USA
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co2-per-capita-marimekko?tab=table
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co2-emissions-per-country?tab=table&time=2021..2021
https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/
Lmao classic political elitist logic: if you’re not going after the biggest problem directly you’re doing it wrong
Talk about a smooth brain lol
You literally just used an argument from fallacy while bitching about me somehow having set you up for a strawman (fucking where???)
You’ve made 0 real points, called names, and bitched and moaned. Go back to lurking in your own misery and do the rest of the readers a favor before you cause anymore brain damage