billwashere comments on Some of yall on the fediverse owe him one of these

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

I was of the opinion tankie was just a term given to Russian or Chinese fans/apologists. People that think these governments can do no wrong which is just dumb and naive. And thinking they can do no right is just as naive. As oppressive as the Chinese government can be, they have been at least making some interesting choices in regards to science and technology recently. But people are getting labeled as tankie because of support for socialist ideas? Like government healthcare and social safety nets?

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[+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Wow that description as “extremely patient and gives very detailed explanations/arguments” is kinda on the nose isn’t it. Good on you for having the time and patience to help educate people.

In my opinion any country legitimately trying to better their people is a good thing. At least way better than trying to enrich the same 10 billionaires over and over again.

I’d consider myself more of a fan of social democracies. Ultimately the problem seems to be that no one is truly altruistic or even future thinking. As a species we are greedy, short sighted, with tiny short attention spans.

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[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago*

People that think these governments can do no wrong which is just dumb and naive.

The thing is that nobody actually thinks that, liberals just tell you we think that so you don't engage with out actual positions, because people who engage with our actual positions tend to come around to agreeing with them. It's a classic anticommunist canard.