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That's because cowbee is a huge piece of shit. Dude lives in the west and has no clue what it was like under the ussr. If he wants to move to russia I'll pay for the plane ticket and sunflower seeds he can put in his pocket.
I have family who have died in Poland from the ussr occupation and in Ukraine as well. These western tankies can go fuck themselves. To me this is the equivalent of the right wing praising the nazis.
Yeah, pretty much. I guess the speculative lore progression is:
You hit the nail on the head
they went so far left, they end up being on the right/autotharian.
I wouldn't say this is due to simply being far-left. It may have started as such, but then they decided to subdue their political beliefs to geopolitics, and pursue geopolitical beliefs first and foremost. And those geopolitical beliefs favor a competition-minded worldview, a "might makes right" one, and a black'n'white perception. Tankies have just started being fanatic for one of the sides, almost being nationalists for another country, just like far-rightists.
An authoritarians only priority is their authority. Their economic leanings can flip on a dime depending on what's convenient. So technically they are economically centrist by circumstance. But have never been meaningfully left in any sense.
red fascism is still fascism. tankies are conservatives wearing a fluffier hat
I think it boils down to extreme beliefs. It is no longer rational.