• Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    It’s the most anti-communist country on the planet, so there’s not much hope. Talk of raising wages or organizing collectively, or not agreeing with US imperialist foreign policy gets you labelled a commie / tankie by its witch-hunting, McCarthyite majority.

    If there’s a list of countries to next take the communist road, the US would be dead last.

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            14 hours ago

            Sure, but IRL and outside media I still hear “tankie” more than “commie,” and more importantly the original comment was made in the context of Lemmy.

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              You’ve heard people use the term “tankie” IRL? Damn, even the most brainpoisoned libs I know don’t do that.

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              12 hours ago

              Talk of raising wages or organizing collectively, or not agreeing with US imperialist foreign policy gets you labelled a commie / tankie by its witch-hunting, McCarthyite majority

              You’re telling me this statement is about Lemmy and not the US in general?