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Draft talk:Tankie glossary/Archive1
This should be merged with draft:communist glossary[edit]
Any objections? Christopher (talk) 19:35, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- It should probably be a subsection, so as to convey that Tankies are a subset of Communists. ☭Comrade GC☭Ministry of Praise 19:50, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- The article itself says the terms aren’t all exclusive to tankies, although I imagine the more universal terms will already be defined in the communist glossary. I’m starting to think this should just be deleted. Christopher (talk) 19:56, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Is it okay to strawman a bit in these kinds of quippy definition lists?[edit]
You know, for brevity?
Like the actual argument you see against liberal democracy usually even by the worst tankies, is that the factionalism native to it divides the working class and thereby allows those whose power runs parallel to government power (i.e. wealth or institutional power, like a church) and play both sides against the middle and resist any kind of lasting reform that threatens that power. The fact that the implied solution is a single-party state means that the definition given under liberal democracy isn't inaccurate per se, just that it glosses over the reasoning to straight to totalitarianism representation. I don't know that I'd call it pointedly dishonest, but I wouldn't call it good or fair either.
On the other hand, it's a listicle, trying to be totally fair in every point would be a fools errand of long-windedness. ikanreed 🐐Bleat at me 03:35, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Work that needs to be done[edit]
Before this page goes to mainspace, each entry should have at least one citation showing actual usage by tankies. Bongolian (talk) 17:46, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
how is 'cockroach' tankie terminolgy?[edit]
it was infamously used in rwanda by hutus to refer to tutsi and to spark a genocide. Katie hopkins used it to refer to refugees. piss poor history and a socialist/communist using it once does not make it a tankie phrase. these glossaries are ridiculous AMassiveGay (talk) 07:09, 28 October 2022 (UTC)