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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 weeks ago

Tankies and MAGAs share being angry cowards and simps for authoritarians - they just differ a bit here and there on exactly who it is that they want to see oppressed.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago

Tankies have never been anti-Trump.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago

Tankies when they have to decide whether they want to be anti-american campists or pro-russia campists (apparently they like Putin's cock more)

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Tankies have always been extreme to the point of parody. They're so anti imperialist they end up supporting an imperialist nation (Russia). And they're so anti-West they end up supporting someone upsetting the Western order (Trump) despite representing it's worst excess. Tankies make more sense when you view them through the lense of being useful idiots for Russia, who deep down are radical authoritarian imperialists - the very thing they claim to hate.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is not unique to Trump. The US has a long, bipartisan history of turning on its “allies” when they’ve worn out their usefulness.

Though sometimes they get the golden parachute, like Juan Guaidó.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One of these men is nothing like the others.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is it the white-coded one?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Oh I tagged them as a Tankie long ago lmao

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

What does that mean?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

This meme is only supported by those with very odd takes on history. For example Qaddafi's Libya was a significant part of the non-aligned movement. They literally weren't allied with either power during the Cold War. Bin Laden wasn't an ally and really couldn't be as he had no direct connection to the USA.

Hussein and Noriega were allies and they should be the guys in the background. The other guys don't belong.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

That’s how it usually is with these kinds of people. Constant bullshitting.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I don't think Trump recycles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why is it dated 2024? Trump wasn't president then and this incedent happened in 2025. Maybe this idiot just doesn't know what year it is?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because this was literally trump's publically announced policy months before the election. Everyone knew this was happening as soon as the election results dropped.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

So it was drawn in anticipation of Trump being an asshole. That makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it’s 24/7 as in 24 hours a day. Seven days a week.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

...directly above that