• CheesyFox
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    5 days ago

    I too, have never heard of tankies before joining lemmy.

    Imagine my surprise, when i, a guy from a post-soviet country, where the fans of soviets are endangered species, see them all fanboying over dictators of the past century over here lol

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      5 days ago

      The best part they’re from countries that never even remotely experienced soviet horrors. The lead tankies are from Netherlands and many other appear to be from flyover states of the US lol

      and obvious it’s invaded by ruzi bots

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      4 days ago

      This is so relatable. I’m from a former communist country. The first time I encountered a large group of tankies was on Reddit around the TikTok ban. It was stunning. It had me thinking “My god, the far-right will put us all in the same boat as these weirdos and sink the boat”

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      sorry you have to experience that

      It’s interesting how almost all Tankies come from the US