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Do MLs consider anarchists liberals now?
No, but a lot of liberals consider themselves anarchists.
Anarchists tend to be smart enough to not use the word tankie.
There are exceptions of course.
That's been my only exposure to the term, is hearing/seeing anarchists say it. Do liberals really use that term?
Liberals do use it since "commie" lost its zing. Go to any reddit thread where somebody is speaking sense and there'll be a liberal going "don't listen to him, I saw his history and he's a tankie", likewise with any Facebook thread when some blue no matter who page says something profoundly silly
Generally not. Anarchists and Marxists want separate goals and have separate means, but Liberalism is a separate ideology.
I'm aware, I've just never heard/seen a liberal use the word "tankie"- though I don't often expose myself to liberals... Are libs actually using that word now? I would literally laugh out loud at the hypocrisy if I witnessed that
Go to lemmy world. Any political comm. Or check in on reddit.
Don't go to Reddit, even to prove a point. It's a very silly place.
I block every liberal with a shit take I come across (like 200 .world users so far lol) so that could explain why I haven't seen it much
I've seen many I definitely don't think are Anarchists use it, and I've even seen Anarchists and Liberals get labeled "tankies." It's a generic term used like BadEmpanada is referring to, a largely meaningless catch-all for Leftists.
That is whack; thanks for sharing
No problem. There are many on Lemmy.world for sure who use it that way, same with Reddit.
Are a anarcho-capitalists considered anarchists here?
No, Anarcho-Capitalism is a deeply unserious ideology that doesn't even understand Capitalism well enough to understand that it can't exist at any significant length of time without a state enshrining Private Property Rights.
That would be silly but tankie is also a silly term.