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How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset? (anarchist.nexus)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by stinky@anarchist.nexus to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (53 children)

Actually existing socialism actually exists: imperfect, flawed, with tragic excesses and rightist deviations. But it exists.

And I'm interested in the real world, not creating an ideal world in my head that can't actually become reality.

[–] Loco_Mex@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

And it’s actually dystopian and murderous. because it exists does not make it good . the irony of your name and how hostile they are to lgbt is priceless

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 months ago

Anything's possible when you make shit up kiddo

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