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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A tankie is literally someone who believes in authoritarian communism

How could you achieve communism or socialism without authoritarianism? Do you believe in revolution? Is a revolution not the most authoritarian process imaginable, the forced imposition of a new reality by one class unto another?

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago

Seeing "literally" used this way, not as a descriptor but as a seasoning on vibes-based panic, always tickles me

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How could you achieve communism or socialism without authoritarianism?

Same way the Neozapatistas have done? By actually showing your system is better, and letting people join your movement. And allow them to leave, if they desire.