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[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wikipedia has a good article about the term

If you think Hitler is bad, wait until you hear what he has to say about the soviets!

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

But seriously this is an argument that has been over since before anyone alive today was ever born

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm

authoritarianism = bad is literal baby brain

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

All it really boils down to is "supports AES," though. The article even says as much.

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I skimmed through the article and I have no clue what does being a tankie have to do with encryption algorithms

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Actually Existing Socialism. Cuba, Vietnam, China, Laos, the former USSR, etc.