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Latest Epstein release contains picture of Noam Chomsky with Steve Bannon (lemmy.ml)
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[+] -29 points 11 months ago (16 children)

Haha, who could have thought that a tankie would be fine with US authoritarians? )))

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (11 children)

    Not a defense of Chomsky because fuck him, but he claimed he was an anarcho-syndicalist, i.e. not a tankie. Not everyone who sucks is a tankie.

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  • [+] -9 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    I agree that he is technically not a tankie, I guess campist would be a more accurate term. But considering these recent revelations, one would does wonder...

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Were there any "tankies" on Epstein's plane?

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  • [+] -10 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    I don't know. Is Chomsky a tankie?

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Can someone who is anti-Soviet and anti-China be considered a tankie?

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  • [–] -3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Can someone who justifies russian imperialism and promotes russian propaganda copytext be considered a tankie? :)

    In all seriousness, Chomsky is not tankie.

    That being said, what's with the association with US oligarchs involved with abuse of minors and happy photos with US authoritarians?

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    Can someone who justifies russian imperialism and promotes russian propaganda copytext be considered a tankie? :)

    Chomsky is anti-Russia too, what are you talking about?

    That being said, what’s with the association with US oligarchs involved with abuse of minors and happy photos with US authoritarians?

    Answer my question first: were there any “tankies” on Epstein’s plane? Chomsky isn't one, so name one.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    I don't know, I am guessing not.

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  • [+] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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  • [–] -5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    I am not right wing. Believe it or not it's possible to be left leaning and not spew gibberish like "NATO made putin invade", "NK is a vanguard against imperialism" and "everything I don't like is a GIA psyop".

    More so if for example you speak fluent russian, you've lived there for multiple years and you've studied the history of russian imperialism (be it in the form of the USSR or its current form).

    I wouldn't say Chomsky is a tankie, but his involvement with US oligarchs and authoritarians does make one wonder...

    FYI, I consider tankies to be supporters of authoritarian state capitalism and the genocidal imperialist policies of such models.

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