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Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 mesi fa

How do you destroy the notion that Democrats are the good guys? Americans seem like a lost cause on that regard

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How do you destroy the notion that Democrats are the good guys? Americans seem like a lost cause on that regard

Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 mesi fa
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27293783

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    It’s the most anti-communist country on the planet, so there’s not much hope. Talk of raising wages or organizing collectively, or not agreeing with US imperialist foreign policy gets you labelled a commie / tankie by its witch-hunting, McCarthyite majority.

    If there’s a list of countries to next take the communist road, the US would be dead last.

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        There were quite literally people throwing around the term “tankie” in this very thread.

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            Sure, but IRL and outside media I still hear “tankie” more than “commie,” and more importantly the original comment was made in the context of Lemmy.

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              You’ve heard people use the term “tankie” IRL? Damn, even the most brainpoisoned libs I know don’t do that.

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                Only once, and in passing, lol. The word is definitely very online

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                It relates to talking with USians in general, which includes interactions online, including Lemmy.

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