!asklemmy@lemmy.ml - ARE YOU A TANKIE? - informal poll results ~ 2025

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This process was undertaken to determine if so-called "tankies" are conspiring to make you (yes, you) have a bad time on the internet!

vague or informal answers were interpreted by the central authority (me). Only top level comments were counted. I did not provide further instructions or clarifications.

spoilerA ridiculous question. “Tankie” isn’t a term anyone self-identifies with, it’s mostly a term used by liberals to hurl at anyone to the left of them or anyone who agrees with western foreign policy. The survey results will be as meaningless as the term “tankie” itself.

^ wish I'd remembered to include that in the new "poll", there was a lot of confusion in the comments!

Image description: various pie charts and text, indicating the results of an informal poll from lemmy.ml, full results in spoiler

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@hexbear.net	4
@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org	1
@lemmy.ml	8
@lemmy.world	1
@lemmy.zip	1
@lemmygrad.ml	2
	
Total Yes	17 (38.6%)
	
@feddit.org	1
@feddit.uk	2
@lemmy.blahaj.zone	1
@lemmy.ca	1
@lemmy.dbzer0.com	1
@lemmy.ml	8
@lemmy.world	3
@lemmy.zip	2
@lemmygrad.ml	1
@pawb.social	1
@piefed.social	1
@sh.itjustworks	2
@thebrainbin.org	1
	
Total No	27 (61.4%)

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didn't think to actually include the year on year comparison, so it's below.

	yes	no	total
2024	24	20	44
2025	17	27	44

whole website's gone to the dogs if you ask me 🐶

results from this thread Archived

Link to previous results (very serious) hexbear / lemmy,ml

Link to previous "are you a tankie?" thread

thanks for playing, see you next time 😎

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So originally it was used to refer to hardline communists by the critics of the USSRs suppression of the Hungarian revolution in the 50s. It’s now used to refer to more authoritarian sects of communism, and has been adopted by some of these authoritarian communists to refer to themselves. You can read more here.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    we also can’t ignore that it’s being used as a pejorative by (some) liberals to mean anyone to the left of joe biden

    like ffs ive seen anarchists be called tankies

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago

    So you say that there are no “non-authoritarian” communists. I guess I take a slight issue with this. Just because a lot of historical communist states have become one party dictatorships doesn’t mean that all of them have to be. I don’t see why you couldn’t have a communist state with democratic values, separation of powers, and plurality. Even if you believe that the state is the sole authority and does have authority to do things, it doesn’t mean it can’t have a concept of inalienable or unenumerated rights which the state can’t take away.

    Sure you can say that the working class has authority in a communist state. But that’s somewhat of a transitory period isn’t it? Eventually that society over time becomes classless, and then everyone must be represented to avoid autocracy.

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