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        • TehPers@beehaw.org
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          What? You don’t normally call capitalists “Tankie”. That would be a weird insult for one, to say the least. Usually that term is reserved for a certain kind of pro-authoritarian “communist” (in quotes of course because I don’t believe it’s actual communism).

          Anyway, not sure what any of this has to do with the post. What a weird comment thread…

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            For clarity, they’re trying to say that tankie is a word used by capitalists, not for capitalists.

            And looking at their instance, they’re the tankie lol