I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.
I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.
I don’t know that Kier Starmer wants anything concrete in particular, but tankies are certainly people who simp for dictatorships like Russia or China while claiming that the capitalist abusive governments of them are ‘communist’.
Please point to a single person on Lemmy who calls the Russian government communist and supports it
No communist “simps” for the Russian Federation, support for the RF extends to the fact that it does a lot of trade with socialist countries like China and Cuba, opposes western imperialism, and has a populace increasingly in support of a return to socialism. Communists do tend to support China, as China is a socialist country. Public ownership is the principle aspect of their economy.
I’ve never bought into the accusation that communists uncritically support Russia. It’s a bit more nuanced. They still recognise that Russia is capitalist and that the events that happened after the fall of the USSR were incredibly bad, such as the selling off of state assets creating a capitalist oligarchy. I have seen these views expressed by communists.
Personally though, I think some communists need to be more willing to put forward criticisms of the Russian state for the purpose of demonstrating their commitment to socialism. To me there’s an issue with the messaging, leading to a common perception that communists are fully and uncritically supportive of Putin.
I think that’s more a result of people interpreting communist views in the worst, least charitable way possible more than anything.
Glad we pulled you out of your shell after a day of not commenting. This is a very low-quality reply. Try to make more high-quality replies to contribute to discussions on Lemmy. Thanks.