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'''Tankie''' is an often derogatory label used to describe [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] or [[Socialism|socialists]]. The definition of said label is very loose, as it has been used as a pejorative for people who merely criticize foreign policy decisions of [[imperial core]] nations and the [[bourgeois media]]'s coverage of such events, to proponents of specific kinds of [[anti-capitalist]] thought (such as Marxist-Leninists who support [[People's Republic of China|modern China]]), and it is often used in context of whoever speaks it. Despite the term being derogatory, some Marxist-Leninists use the term ironically, and even utilise it in their names such as the [[Discord]] server [[Tankie Bunker]]. | |||
'''Tankie''' is an often derogatory label used to describe [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] or [[Socialism|socialists]]. | |||
== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
'Tankie' was originally used in context of the [[Hungarian counter-revolution of 1956]], which described the pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] people living in [[Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)|Hungary]] as ' | 'Tankie' was originally used in context of the [[Hungarian counter-revolution of 1956]], which described the pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] people living in [[Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)|Hungary]] as 'Tankies', because the Soviets brought tanks into Hungary in order to stop the counter-revolution. | ||
== Uses in Western media == | == Uses in Western media == | ||
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| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/opinion/james-bond-china.html | | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/opinion/james-bond-china.html | ||
| archive-url = https://archive.ph/HDBAn | | archive-url = https://archive.ph/HDBAn | ||
| quote = On the left now you see several impulses. There is an irrelevant but fascinating fringe of very online | | quote = On the left now you see several impulses. There is an irrelevant but fascinating fringe of very online “tankies” | ||
}} | }} | ||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
==See Also== | |||
==See | |||
* [[Stalinism]] | * [[Stalinism]] | ||
* [[Dengist]] | |||
* [[Commie]] | * [[Commie]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Capitalist terminology]] | [[Category:Capitalist terminology]] | ||