In the context of modern history it’s really not. Tankie is meaningless because the states they defend aren’t even the same states that they were when Tankie as a term was coined.
Russia is right wing Christian authoritarian oligarchy. Ran by men who yacht around the French Riviera.
China is a authoritarian mega corporatocracy that sells its shares on Wall Street, and makes iPhones for the biggest American corporation.
Those people on that /c don’t have an ideology, aside from hating the west.
In the context of modern history it’s really not. Tankie is meaningless because the states they defend aren’t even the same states that they were when Tankie as a term was coined.
Russia is right wing Christian authoritarian oligarchy. Ran by men who yacht around the French Riviera.
China is a authoritarian mega corporatocracy that sells its shares on Wall Street, and makes iPhones for the biggest American corporation.
Those people on that /c don’t have an ideology, aside from hating the west.
There are definitions and explanations of what tankies are on the sidebar.