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Libs vs tankies is just another distraction by the owner class to keep us divided... so tired of these memes on lemmy....
We are all working class
There is no war but class war
Liberalism as an ideology is in support of capitalism and the capitalist class. Trying to resist capitalism with a fundamentally capitalist ideology doesn’t work, we must resist it with socialist ideology and actual organization.
I think what the commenter above is trying to say is that they are getting tired of seeing Lemmy users pointing fingers at each other. Most of us are clearly passionate about FOSS and hate capitalism. Otherwise, why would we have joined Lemmy?
All these "tankies" and "libs" have lost all meaning. Many times, I've seen people simply make up shit from both sides about what libs/tankies think, and then just make fun of it. It's not productive.
I'm not talking about you. I think your replies are very reasonable. But I think I can relate to the commenter's feelings.
I do agree that often times people invent strawmen to argue against, but I also think it's important to recognize that those who use "tankie" as a pejorative are opposing those who support existing socialism, and those who use "lib" as a pejorative are opposing those whose words or actions are in service of the status quo.