I was just perusing the modlog when I noticed something interesting. Apparently posting news about Gaza/Palestine is not allowed on !worldnews@sh.itjust.works. I decided to check the side bar and didn’t see anything. The only pinned post also does not indicate that this is not allowed
edit: the mod in question is @Eyekaytee@aussie.zone . sorry for not originally tagging. i hadn’t realized it was a rule that this must be done. i thought it seemed inappropriate since i was trying to initiate a conversation about a community’s rules and culture rather than start drama about an individual
“Tankie” is just a pejorative for communists, it lets anti-communists pretend that they aren’t actually anti-communist when in reality they would oppose “tankies” such as Nelson Mandela, W.E.B Dubois, etc that support(ed) socialist states.
Tankie isn’t a pejorative for communists, it’s a pejorative for Marxist-Leninists aka those who put anti-West sentiments above concern for the working class. Upholding a “if the US says it’s bad we should support it” mindset
Marxist-Leninists make up the vast majority of practicing communists, historically and currently. Further, the term is also applied to anarchists, Marxists in general, etc, by anyone wishing to invoke the image of “commie but just like McCarthy described them.”
This is brushing aside your horribly incorrect description of Marxism-Leninism, of course.
Notice how you said “is applied” not “you apply”. You’re attacking a straw man buddy. There are anarchists on MWoG, and this discussion is about how MWoG users use the term.
It’s pretty concise and sums up the typical discourse you guys have
I don’t call people “tankies,” because I’m not an anti-communist, be they anarchists or not. Not sure what this point is.
Secondly, no, it’s an awful summation of Marxism-Leninism, and you know that.
There you go again feigning ignorance like you don’t know what I’m talking about
No it’s not. All you guys do is defend imperialist and authoritarian regimes😆.
I can’t remember the last time an ml showed concern for the working class
I don’t support imperialism, never have and never will. Imperialism is not “states I don’t like,” it refers to countries that run their economies based on foreign plunder, export of capital, and are controlled by a financial oligarchy in this day and age.
All states are authoritarian, what matters is which class controls that authority. I support socialist states over capitalist states, including use of authority against fascists and capitalists.
MLs constantly show pro-working class concern and advocacy, this is a pure giberish point to again create a strawman.
Russia and Putin are imperialist.
The states you support aren’t governed by the working class but puppets operating under the guise of “vanguardism”.
If you DID actually care about the working class, you wouldn’t show support for regimes that actively suppress their well being.
Russia doesn’t have the financial capital to be imperialist. It has every reason to want to, Putin’s tried to make amends with the west so that it can join in the plunder like the nationalist he is, but they failed. They lack the hold on the global south the west has.
Socialist states are run by the working class. Vanguards are the organized elements of the most politically advanced of the revolutionary class, states are not distinct from class society but within it and beholden to it.
Socialist states have achieved far more for their people than capitalist states at similar levels of development, you again make up claims that don’t conform to reality. Cuba has a higher life expectancy than the US Empire despite being under intense embargo because of the worker-centric system.