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minus-squarePorkRoll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·1 year agoI believe it was coined by the British left when the USSR quashed the Hungarian revolution by driving tanks through their streets. Anyone still in support of them is deemed a “tankie.” Nowadays it was meant to criticize authoritarian communists.
minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year ago when the USSR quashed the Hungarian revolution quashed the Hungarian communist (democratic worker) revolution; lowercase.
minus-squarePorkRoll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoRight, right, they were like “you’re not doing it right!”
I believe it was coined by the British left when the USSR quashed the Hungarian revolution by driving tanks through their streets. Anyone still in support of them is deemed a “tankie.” Nowadays it was meant to criticize authoritarian communists.
quashed the Hungarian communist (democratic worker) revolution; lowercase.
Right, right, they were like “you’re not doing it right!”