Tankie

1. An insult used by radlibs and other leftists to describe socialists or communists that defend actually existing socialism (or anti-imperialists) who don't buy into the BS spread about countries like the USSR, China, Cuba, Venezuela, or the DPRK by the State Department, the CIA, and the mainstream media.

2. A general derogative hurled against any Marxist-Leninist or Marxist-Leninist-Maoist by radlibs or other leftists.

Marxist-Leninist: Actually, the Soviet Union was dissolved illegally against the wishes of the people. And even today a majority of people who lived in former Soviet republics during the Soviet Union and currently live there say life was better back then. No country is perfect, but we should make sure to be skeptical of anything the West says about them.
SocDem: Lol, ok tankie! My textbook told me that Stalin was an evil monster that killed 150 billion people! Have you heard of Animal Farm?

Anti-imperialist: Maybe we shouldn't be believing someone who thinks that he was sent by God to destroy China.
DemSoc: Lol, ok tankie!

Marxist-Leninist: Revolutions are inherently authoritarian, just ask Engels.
Anarchist: Lol, ok tankie!

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