i only somewhat understand what a tankie is, i do not agree with stalin. i do not agree with putin, i do not agree with xi jinping the ccp or many of their authoritarian policies, in fact, im not sure why people think most of it is worth defending (aside from i suppose deepseek disrupting things or something maybe? or some of the other chinese technological innovations.)

I do not have tankie friends to my knowledge they are mostly anywhere from a sort of liberal-leftist standing to some more centrist-leaning and more detached from politics than i am. they’re pretty tame compared to me as well i can admit, although they agree with some of my ideas such as voting being placed behind some kind of test that displays one’s understanding of one’s own government. you can keep trying the take the test each year or something i don’t have any specific detailed idea. But i like the baseline idea of having a sort of test that proves someone is capable of voting. Apparently among most centrists and liberals this is an insane communist tankie idea but i dont know. it’s just what i think.

But i suppose i do have the answer to my initial question thanks to your response. I don’t owe you or anyone my apparently differing insane opinions. And im too tired to care anymore. I have to look out for me and those i care about, and not the rest of the world if we can’t share sometimes diverging opinions without such conflict.