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How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset? (anarchist.nexus)
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After seeing a megathread praising Mao Zedong, an actual mass killer, and a post about a guy saying "99% of westerners are 100000000000% sure they know what happened in 'Tiny Man Square' [...] the reasons for this are complex and involve propaganda [...]," I am genuinely curious what leads people to this belief system. Even if propaganda is involved when it comes to Tiananmen Square, it doesn't change the atrocities that were/are committed everywhere else in China.

I am all for letting people believe what they want but I am lost on why one would deliberately praise any authoritarian system this hard.

Can someone please help me understand why this is such a large and prominent community? How have these ideals garnered such a following outside of China?

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who has responded! This thread has been very insightful :)

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[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cope

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

??

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cope

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With? Are you okay?

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With the reality that the tankies are right as usual

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm clearly too dumb to understand, please explain.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would I bother if I already know you're too dumb to understand?

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, so you're arguing pigeon style for a position with no basis in material reality. Love that for you.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

"Other capitalist hegemonies" lol you're too chickenshit to actually say what you mean so I can't say with 100% certainty that what you're arguing for is entirely baseless, but I'm feeling confident enough to say it anyway