Comment on .ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this

• Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Tankie is a pejorative for communists, the US calls everyone who doesn’t do what they say a dictator

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  • Leviathan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No, and drop the pipe, I know what a dictator is on my own.

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    • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You clearly don’t

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      • Leviathan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Please, tell me more about what I know. What do I think a dictator is?

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• frisbird@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We all know what that means to them, with Stalin topping the list.

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  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean, Stalin was a dictator

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    • frisbird@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      www.cia.gov/…/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf

      Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership. The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist setup is exaggerated. Misunderstandings on that subject are caused by a lack of comprehension of the real nature and organization of the Communist’s power structure. Stalin, although holding wide powers, was merely captain of a team

      Source: The C.I.A.

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      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Oh, is the cia a trust worthy source? I keep getting mixed messages from ml

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• Tolc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  nowadays liberals call every genuine attempt of socialism in history as tankie dictator

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• greenbit@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah equating tankies and communism is a psyop. Red Scare 2.0, poisoning the well so communism looks horrible

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