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    When the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, there were some british leftists who cheered for those tanks driving into Prague. They proved by this that they didn’t care about leftism, socialism, democracy or anti-imperialism at all - they approved the imperialism and militarism of the Soviet regime.

    Their praise for the rolling tanks is what gave them their name: Tankies.

    So, people who love North Korea, or defend russia invading Ukraine, people, who stand by even the most autoritarian, anti-democratic, militaristic, imperialistic regimes - just because they call themselves “socialist” or “communist” - are “Tankies”.

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        And Stalinist, Maoists, and other authoritarian Communists.

        Usually they also “love” countries like North Korea, China, and for whatever reason (aNtI iMpErIaLiSm), Syria, Russia, and so on.

        Red Fascists. They use the same tactics of gas lighting and goal post shifting.

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      So, people who love North Korea, or defend russia invading Ukraine, people, who stand by even the most autoritarian, anti-democratic, militaristic, imperialistic regimes - just because they call themselves “socialist” or “communist” - are “Tankies”.

      Would be good to point out these people you are mentioning are not all the same.

      There are people that Are critical of Russia, but don’t buy from western propaganda and are being called tankies too.

      It is more like, if one dare to question the western narrative = tankie.