• Madbrad200English
    20·
    8 hours ago

    Tankies have always been extreme to the point of parody. They’re so anti imperialist they end up supporting an imperialist nation (Russia). And they’re so anti-West they end up supporting someone upsetting the Western order (Trump) despite representing it’s worst excess. Tankies make more sense when you view them through the lense of being useful idiots for Russia, who deep down are radical authoritarian imperialists - the very thing they claim to hate.

  • LinyosT@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    8·
    12 hours ago

    That’s how it usually is with these kinds of people. Constant bullshitting.

  • WatDabney@fedia.io
    481·
    18 hours ago

    Tankies and MAGAs share being angry cowards and simps for authoritarians - they just differ a bit here and there on exactly who it is that they want to see oppressed.

  • DioEgizio@lemm.eeEnglish
    351·
    19 hours ago

    Tankies when they have to decide whether they want to be anti-american campists or pro-russia campists (apparently they like Putin’s cock more)

  • Xbeam@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    13 hours ago

    Why is it dated 2024? Trump wasn’t president then and this incedent happened in 2025. Maybe this idiot just doesn’t know what year it is?

  • kuato@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1328·
    19 hours ago

    This is not unique to Trump. The US has a long, bipartisan history of turning on its “allies” when they’ve worn out their usefulness.

    Though sometimes they get the golden parachute, like Juan Guaidó.

    • RowRowRowYourBotEnglish
      14·
      15 hours ago

      This meme is only supported by those with very odd takes on history. For example Qaddafi’s Libya was a significant part of the non-aligned movement. They literally weren’t allied with either power during the Cold War. Bin Laden wasn’t an ally and really couldn’t be as he had no direct connection to the USA.

      Hussein and Noriega were allies and they should be the guys in the background. The other guys don’t belong.