theblackcat wrote
Reply to comment by scumtacular in Unity with tankies should be rejected just as readily as unity with fascists by ziq
Marxists are followers of Marx, who cowrote the communist manifesto. Marxist Leninists are followers of Lenin, a Soviet dictator. Lenin implemented state capitalism and openly referred to it as such.
ziq OP wrote (edited )
They're also almost always ready to defend Stalin and Mao, which is the biggest issue I have. If it were just Lenin, then they'd just be on the level of garden variety libs (execute / gulag anyone that opposes the state). But stalin and mao were outright genocidal tyrants (execute gays, teachers, and everyone that looks at you funny).
scumtacular wrote
And all that in relation to tankies?
theblackcat wrote
Depending on who you ask, either all Marxist Leninists and Marxist Leninist Maoists are tankies, or only those who defend the bad stuff ML/M regimes were responsible for... I don't think there's any difference because why would someone identify with a label responsible for so much tyranny unless they were a sketchy authoritarian?
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