the remaining differences are mostly about aesthetics and not about the use of violence to maintain hegemony

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    Like tankie never really meant anything before

    I mean, its historically described Soviet policy in Eastern Europe and Chinese domestic policing (Khrushchev putting down the Hungarian fascist revolt with armored infantry and Deng sending tanks into Tienanmen Square).

    Now it just means whatever the opposite of neoconservative policy is, updated daily.

    Being against tanks makes you a tankie at this point.

    Everyone knows that if you’re against US tanks, you must be in favor of non-US tanks. You’re either with US or you’re with the Tankie-rists

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      I mean, its historically described Soviet policy in Eastern Europe and Chinese domestic policing (Khrushchev putting down the Hungarian fascist revolt with armored infantry and Deng sending tanks into Tienanmen Square).

      Only the first one.