I mean I know tankies "exist" but I rarely see them. Just because we're all critical of capitalism doesn't mean we're all dumb enough to want to re try what the soviet union did. It's almost like our kids will die under capitalism so we're willing to think outside the box for once.

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

You could find plenty of Tankies back on Reddit with Sino and Genzedong

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just because you've been blessed from limited exposure to lemmygrad (a Lemmy instance) doesn't mean everyone has been so lucky.

Yes, they literally pine for the USSR. Yes, they literally venerate Stalin. They're not just saying "capitalism bad", they're saying "the specific implementation of social and economic policies of the USSR is what we want".

[–] only_lurking@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

If lemmygrad is what op is commenting on, they left it out of the image and caption.

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago

Ironically, they also ban communists

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've never seen anybody advocate for recreating USSR the way it existed. What people actually say is that USSR managed to accomplish a lot of positive things despite the problems it had, and there are a lot of valuable lessons that can be learned from it both positive and negative.

It's also absurd that people keep fear mongering about existing Communist projects because each one of them is rooted in history, culture, and material conditions that it arose of. It's pretty obvious that if socialism ever came to the west then it would have its own unique characteristics based on western culture and values. These are idiotic arguments designed to shut down discussion and scare people away from even thinking about communism as an alternative to the capitalist hellscape they live under.