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what happens in "leftbook" should for the most part stay there. it's nice to see this tankie stuff being recognised as cop talk but calling it a racist slur is a real stretch and totally misses the point of why MLism is slandered and reviled
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slipdisco posted:





this is dumb

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i mean... racism is part of the DPRK hate, sure... but the entire topic of conversation above is insane
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cars posted:

i mean... racism is part of the DPRK hate, sure... but the entire topic of conversation above is insane


in the immediate, contemporary sense of anticommunism i agree, though i think it's worth acknowledging that there's at least a genealogical link between them

in my experience, "tankie" talk is implicitly linked to the concept of totalitarianism. that essay argues the latter term achieved its modern usage during the Cold War by serving at least in part as an adaptation of the category of "oriental despotism" for post-colonial discourse

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face book
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Constantignoble posted:

cars posted:

i mean... racism is part of the DPRK hate, sure... but the entire topic of conversation above is insane

in the immediate, contemporary sense of anticommunism i agree, though i think it's worth acknowledging that there's at least a genealogical link between them

in my experience, "tankie" talk is implicitly linked to the concept of totalitarianism. that essay argues the latter term achieved its modern usage during the Cold War by serving at least in part as an adaptation of the category of "oriental despotism" for post-colonial discourse



thanks! i've actually been looking for a paper like this for a long time. the whole discourse of authoritarianism, and actually its more like the discourse of political psychology is just shady as fuck and seems to run into all the same problems that have confounded clear technical definitions of fascism (ie, the fact that its actually liberalism)

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tears posted:

face book


i've faced a book once

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kamelred posted:

thanks! i've actually been looking for a paper like this for a long time. the whole discourse of authoritarianism, and actually its more like the discourse of political psychology is just shady as fuck and seems to run into all the same problems that have confounded clear technical definitions of fascism (ie, the fact that its actually liberalism)



in that case you may be pleased to hear Losurdo has an essay that complements that one pretty well

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roseweird posted:

which tank should i get


T-54 (or if youre feeling hella maoist type 56).

btw wasnt mao first against crushing the counterrevoluntaries in hungary but eventually he found some common ground with kruschev?

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there's nothing insane about the topic of conversation above re: tankie as a racist slur

anarchists and anti-ml's are diametrically racist. you're wrong if you think otherwise
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bad tanks

m1 abrams:
  • runs on gas turbines, no operational range.

  • fake ufo armour

  • so fat that when it drive in front of the tv i missed all of "60 minutes"


leopard 2:
  • so tall it has to list its height in its tinder profile to warn off insecure guys


merkava:
  • has a special little wuss-out cabin in the back if the crew get too scared of hezbollah

  • only good for firewood


good tanks:

t80:
  • confident armour

  • low profile - but virile

  • main gun also shoots rockets as well as shells, which is extremely cool


Type 99:
  • cleverly angled armour panels reuse opponents energy against them, much like the ancient chinese art of judo


Black Panther:
  • just the name, otherwise its stupid
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tankie, tankie very much
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bumpthread posted:

there's nothing insane about the topic of conversation above re: tankie as a racist slur

anarchists and anti-ml's are diametrically racist. you're wrong if you think otherwise


yeah but that doesnt make 'tankie' an inherently racist slur. they call MLs all kinds of shit - idiots, fuckers, whatever - those aren't racist slurs either just because they're hurled at MLs

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tanks i like:
water tanks
oil tanks
petrol tanks
scuba tanks

tanks i hate:
drunk tanks
dunk tanks
septic tanks
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bumpthread posted:

there's nothing insane about the topic of conversation above re: tankie as a racist slur

anarchists and anti-ml's are diametrically racist. you're wrong if you think otherwise



i don't agree but i'm happy to hand off the tired anarchist bashing forum gimmick to someone else so thanks

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*driving into thread in a huge tank* hi
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me too tanks
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you can call me t3h Engles of d00m *holds up tank*
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my favourite tank is the T-64BM2

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FAILAIDS posted:


the irony of that comic is that, on reflection, i have made the most fun and also trustworthy cyber pals since turning to MLism.

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so tankie is the same as tank club. I remember this was drdogballs or some shit. please close this thread Enclyclopedia Brown style
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as the adventures of great detective Encycopedia Brown would end when the mystery was solved in this manner close this thread.