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minus-squarePorkRoll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1年前I believe it was coined by the British left when the USSR quashed the Hungarian revolution by driving tanks through their streets. Anyone still in support of them is deemed a “tankie.” Nowadays it was meant to criticize authoritarian communists.
minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1年前 when the USSR quashed the Hungarian revolution quashed the Hungarian communist (democratic worker) revolution; lowercase.
minus-squarePorkRoll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1年前Right, right, they were like “you’re not doing it right!”
I believe it was coined by the British left when the USSR quashed the Hungarian revolution by driving tanks through their streets. Anyone still in support of them is deemed a “tankie.” Nowadays it was meant to criticize authoritarian communists.
quashed the Hungarian communist (democratic worker) revolution; lowercase.
Right, right, they were like “you’re not doing it right!”