In the context of Lemmy, my best explanation is that tankies hate Orwell.
Give him 1984 so he can understand where authoritarianism leads.
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 months ago
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Do they not see the irony in that?
themaninblack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Honestly it’s a very lazy tack. Imagine what would actually happen if you are a young conservative and your leftist aunt or whatever gives you 1984.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Animal farm, too.
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Of course good shout