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Tankies go head-over-heels as they try to justify their support of a bigot. They call each other moralists, libs, fascists and imperialists
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or vietnam or cuba, both actual fully communist states that will be very happy to accept some western comrades.
Seriously if I was an actual communist, I'd migrate to these countries immediately and start helping out the cause, both are very lovely places.
Vietnam is too capitalist (seriously - despite their official ideological alignment, they're one of the most pro-free-market countries in the world) and too anti-China, while in Cuba they would have to actually deal with the fact that rampant government mismanagement by their unchecked anti-democratic ideology has created an economic crisis. And God forbid they experience hardship.
It would actually be a great economic learning experience for MLs to visit VN. Tons of cottage industry and relatively free trade, very little regulation on construction and rental so things are generally inexpensive. I got the impression that despite still being nominally Communist and very definitely a single party state with issues around free expression, the government doesn't mess with things that are working following market liberalization.
Well the Tankies love China so maybe Vietnam is the proper home