[deleted] - originally from r/GenZhou
ive seen it spread around everywhere. but when i ask it never gets a clear answer.

  • archive_botOPB
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    3 years ago

    u/IceonBC - originally from r/GenZhou
    History of the word tankie:

    Started as an insult to people who supported the suppression of the 1958 Hungarian Revolt

    Then it was used to describe Marxist/Communists of any variety

    Finally, modern day, it is used to describe any other with Anti-Capitalist tendencies

    • archive_botOPB
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      3 years ago

      u/Bruh081817463 - originally from r/GenZhou
      (not to be nitpicky, a small correction)

      The (counter)revolution was in 1956