It’s gotten to the point where even the mildest effective leftism will have at least one idiot crying tankie.

I’ve seen a lot of anarchists get called tankies even.

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    I do think perpetuates itself, but I also do really wonder how much upkeep is required. Like, with how bad shit is, if you could shut down all the think tanks, “news”, and copaganda, how long before your average person on the street would be indistinguishable from a hexbear user? specter

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      6 months ago

      over a long period of time, little by little, a big part of what ultimately brought me here was progressively losing faith in those and slowly learning how to spot it by myself.

      if they turned the propaganda off overnight? disfranchised workers would instantly switch to fighting over the right solution, not whether or not we need one.