Yes, many tankies like me are supporters of the state that saved Europe from fascism including tens of millions of people from extermination. Also supportive of the lowest inequality rates in the history of the region, rapid industrialization, guaranteed employment, universal healthcare, free education to the highest level, guaranteed housing, universal retirement pensions, highest rates of unionization, and doubling-tripling of life expectancy, without engaging in colonialism or unequal exchange and supporting liberation movements all over Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The original term “tankie” refers to the usage of tanks way earlier, by the USSR in the Czechoslovak revolution attempt.
China did not use tanks against civilians in the Tiananmen protests, the famous picture of “tank man” is a screenshot of a video in which the civilian stops the tank, has a ten minute conversation with the tank driver, and then goes away by himself.
nope, I questioned whether you might have consulted a chatbot.
Whataboutism
Says the person who
literally responded with “WHAT ABOUT [List of positive things done by sowjet union]???” on my first comment 😅
asks “WHAT ABOUT Europe???” 1 line after accusing me of whataboutism 😅
I’m sure, we could fill multiple pages with circular responses like “But your state bad because XY”, followed by “But your state worse because of YZ”, but I don’t have time for this. Maybe, you find someone else…
The ones I talked to were more like fans of the Sowjet union.
Yes, many tankies like me are supporters of the state that saved Europe from fascism including tens of millions of people from extermination. Also supportive of the lowest inequality rates in the history of the region, rapid industrialization, guaranteed employment, universal healthcare, free education to the highest level, guaranteed housing, universal retirement pensions, highest rates of unionization, and doubling-tripling of life expectancy, without engaging in colonialism or unequal exchange and supporting liberation movements all over Latin America, Africa and Asia.
As someone who grew up in an ex Warsaw Pact country, reading your characterization of the USSR is hilarious to me.
Imagine a Native American reading comments that are praising the US for how well they’ve done by them by giving them casinos.
Isn’t tankie describing when China used tanks against their own people? I thought it referenced Tiananmen Square.
The original term “tankie” refers to the usage of tanks way earlier, by the USSR in the Czechoslovak revolution attempt.
China did not use tanks against civilians in the Tiananmen protests, the famous picture of “tank man” is a screenshot of a video in which the civilian stops the tank, has a ten minute conversation with the tank driver, and then goes away by himself.
So why is June 4th banned and you can’t talk about Tiananmen Square in China then?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DbijSAH1-Q
Can you show me the particular moment in the 2h long video in which the tanks are firing on / rolling over protestors?
It’s towards the end.
Can you give me a timestamp?
Is this a chatgpt response for “List lots of advantages of positive things about the sowjet union and ignore the negative stuff”?
It was so successful that 4 districts of it decided to leave it in 1990 and 11 more in 1991.
Whataboutism and accusing me of being a chatbot, thats a 2 for 1!
If Euroep is so good, why did the entirety of Africa, Asia and Latin America have literal independence wars to leave it?
nope, I questioned whether you might have consulted a chatbot.
Says the person who
literally responded with “WHAT ABOUT [List of positive things done by sowjet union]???” on my first comment 😅
asks “WHAT ABOUT Europe???” 1 line after accusing me of whataboutism 😅
I’m sure, we could fill multiple pages with circular responses like “But your state bad because XY”, followed by “But your state worse because of YZ”, but I don’t have time for this. Maybe, you find someone else…