Eh, even though i disagree with the entirety of the tankies’ positions, I wouldn’t say they are unable to understand complex topics. Reading and understanding Marx alone is quite the herculean task. I’d say it’s less of complex understanding abilities and more of fanaticism for the unorthodox.
Expecting complex thought from tankies is your mistake here.
If they were able to understand complex topics they would not be tankies.
Lol I get your point but you definitely don’t have to be a tankie to see that capitalism is dogshit.
So is communism
Both have godawful sides, so why not use a system that picks the best of both worlds?
The freedom and power of capitalism (with loads of limits to keep it sane) to fund the security and fairness of socialism
Eh, even though i disagree with the entirety of the tankies’ positions, I wouldn’t say they are unable to understand complex topics. Reading and understanding Marx alone is quite the herculean task. I’d say it’s less of complex understanding abilities and more of fanaticism for the unorthodox.
80% of tankies have never read Marx. Guaranteed.
Fair enough. Many on lemmy.ml seem to have though, and i typically use them as a benchmark when referring to tankies
Quoting/copy-pasting isn’t the same thing as understanding it though.
What makes you think they don’t understand it?
I’ve interacted with them.
I’ve interacted with them too, and they seem to know what they’re preaching. However insane they might come off