I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security. At some point the Democrats not wanting to make a deal will cost our Country more money than the Border Wall we are all talking about. Crazy!
what the actual fuck is with all of these young people becoming tankies? there's over 420 other flavors of leftism, so why choose the absolute worst one?
A lot of the transgressive appeal has bled out of milder leftisms, which are orthodoxy on a lot of campuses. It's an inverted version of the draw of the "punk rock" all right.
I think there's a lot of regular cult escapism dynamics playing off it too. If you look at the post histories of Reddit tankies, they're almost always mentally ill and failures by any metric (deeply in debt from a worthless degree, often in their late 20s and working shitty jobs, unable to form healthy relationships with the opposite sex, etc).
The internet communism provides a convenient explanation and escape from this, without requiring significant introspection and work from them. They're able to tell themselves that they're not depressed because they made poor choices and are too lazy and scared to change their lives, it's all the fault of this fucked up capitalist world. They're not stuck in their shitty job because they neglected to learn any valuable skills, it's because the system keeps the working man down, man. They're able to tell themselves that if The Revolution were to just happen already, suddenly all of their shortcomings would be wiped away and their life would be great again.
You can confirm this dynamic by probing at what they think their life would be like under communism. Invariably, they're sure that they'd be a powerful and important party member, as if their political beliefs are equivalent to holding a winning lottery ticket. If you point out that someone who is a failure under capitalism is likely to remain a failure under communism, you can really hit a deep emotional nerve and they're likely to respond with searing fury.
Of course, with all of this said, you're still not wrong in equating them to internet fascists. They often have a very similar complex going on, only with Jews/Muslims/Mexicans/Blacks instead of "capitalists". As with all things, radical centrism holds true here.
It's the same whether it's political, religious, or smugposting escapism honestly. If you're an extremist, there's a very high chance your life sucks -- otherwise you wouldn't have formed such an extreme worldview in response.
Ya but being a nazi will lead to absolute and complete social ostracism. If you’re a communist people may not like you or think you are some fucking weirdo but you don’t lose your job etc lol
Good Nazis are too conniving. They're literally the stereotype of Jews they've created. Commies are pussy faggots, I'm not afraid of them but a roided up neonazi could easily destroy me.
The guy sums it up perfectly in the first comment “being a commie makes you ostracized” is the gist of it. Being a commie is the safe form of detachment from a society they hate. You can still go to your shitty part time job and tell people you are a communist and people will look at you like a retard but you can keep your job. It’s the perfect balance of “I’m a outsider but not so outside I get banished from society”
It's easy and edgy. It used to be kids that read the Communist Manifesto and then chilled out when they got into the real world. Now they have all sorts of places to LARP online and validate their stupid ideas.
Ever since I went full communist I suddenly started seeing propaganda everwhere, like even McDonalds adverts. There was this one saying something like "Wether you believe it or not: You can't better the world, but you can better yourself.", whatever that has to do with burgers - but it sure does with capitalism.
"If I everhad the opportunity I would love to push a Juche party line in my community. MLs that are self reliant and militant. This is how you use authority to protect your worker revolution.
I admire the DPRK people." - (c) u/ crimson blade 9/11
There is nothing more exhausting than telling someone they actually need proof of a “dystopian credit system” or “killed millions” or whatever the nonsense of the week is before they can just accept a claim as true
Imagine believing that communism hasn't killed millions and that China hasn't instituted a social credit system.
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1 le_epic_xd_part_2 2019-06-01
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1 snallygaster 2019-06-01
what the actual fuck is with all of these young people becoming tankies? there's over 420 other flavors of leftism, so why choose the absolute worst one?
1 preserved_fish 2019-06-01
A lot of the transgressive appeal has bled out of milder leftisms, which are orthodoxy on a lot of campuses. It's an inverted version of the draw of the "punk rock" all right.
1 Tzar-Romulus 2019-06-01
Same reason they become Nazis. Boredom plus Oversocialization plus lack of pussy.
1 -Kite-Man- 2019-06-01
extremism/radicalism is attractive, especially when it comes to branding your organization.
just ask magneto or overlord. "Brotherhood of Evil" and "Vicious Circle" got a ring to it too.
1 Jeb4Pres2020 2019-06-01
I think there's a lot of regular cult escapism dynamics playing off it too. If you look at the post histories of Reddit tankies, they're almost always mentally ill and failures by any metric (deeply in debt from a worthless degree, often in their late 20s and working shitty jobs, unable to form healthy relationships with the opposite sex, etc).
The internet communism provides a convenient explanation and escape from this, without requiring significant introspection and work from them. They're able to tell themselves that they're not depressed because they made poor choices and are too lazy and scared to change their lives, it's all the fault of this fucked up capitalist world. They're not stuck in their shitty job because they neglected to learn any valuable skills, it's because the system keeps the working man down, man. They're able to tell themselves that if The Revolution were to just happen already, suddenly all of their shortcomings would be wiped away and their life would be great again.
You can confirm this dynamic by probing at what they think their life would be like under communism. Invariably, they're sure that they'd be a powerful and important party member, as if their political beliefs are equivalent to holding a winning lottery ticket. If you point out that someone who is a failure under capitalism is likely to remain a failure under communism, you can really hit a deep emotional nerve and they're likely to respond with searing fury.
Of course, with all of this said, you're still not wrong in equating them to internet fascists. They often have a very similar complex going on, only with Jews/Muslims/Mexicans/Blacks instead of "capitalists". As with all things, radical centrism holds true here.
1 LongPostBot 2019-06-01
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1 Jeb4Pres2020 2019-06-01
Two LongPostBot shoutouts in two days, I'm on fire 😍
1 b-haze 2019-06-01
It's the same whether it's political, religious, or smugposting escapism honestly. If you're an extremist, there's a very high chance your life sucks -- otherwise you wouldn't have formed such an extreme worldview in response.
1 watermark002 2019-06-01
The fuck you retard my position in life isn't even poor, anyone with half a brain can see that capitalism is fucked.
1 Jeb4Pres2020 2019-06-01
Are you unironically going through my history of half-assed shitposting? Got a crush or something? 😍
1 Day_of_the_COPE 2019-06-01
Ya but being a nazi will lead to absolute and complete social ostracism. If you’re a communist people may not like you or think you are some fucking weirdo but you don’t lose your job etc lol
1 Tzar-Romulus 2019-06-01
Good Nazis are too conniving. They're literally the stereotype of Jews they've created. Commies are pussy faggots, I'm not afraid of them but a roided up neonazi could easily destroy me.
1 BlastMyBussy 2019-06-01
Please tell me more 😍😍😍
1 Ultrashitposter 2019-06-01
Dont worry, the vast majority of them turn into nazis, not tankies.
1 TheLordHighExecu 2019-06-01
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beefsteak_Nazi
1 NathansFamousDogpill 2019-06-01
I dunno. I'm only a berniebro because of his ability to oppress women
1 bleached_ammonia 2019-06-01
I don't understand how even a tankie could argue that modern China is communist. There are Chinese billionaires.
1 QuantumFreakonomics 2019-06-01
The innate human desire for free shit is extremely powerful
1 Day_of_the_COPE 2019-06-01
The guy sums it up perfectly in the first comment “being a commie makes you ostracized” is the gist of it. Being a commie is the safe form of detachment from a society they hate. You can still go to your shitty part time job and tell people you are a communist and people will look at you like a retard but you can keep your job. It’s the perfect balance of “I’m a outsider but not so outside I get banished from society”
1 capthazelwoodsflask 2019-06-01
It's easy and edgy. It used to be kids that read the Communist Manifesto and then chilled out when they got into the real world. Now they have all sorts of places to LARP online and validate their stupid ideas.
1 Tzar-Romulus 2019-06-01
Schizos LMAO
1 Professor_Crunchwrap 2019-06-01
Tankie r/conspiracy
1 newcomer_ts 2019-06-01
That 12 year old insight and mind blown.
1 Professor_Crunchwrap 2019-06-01
r/communism in a nutshell
1 AltRitardando 2019-06-01
Imagine seeing this as anything but a massive self-own.
1 ResistingDaddyDrumpf 2019-06-01
What the fuck do they think their commie shit is?
1 jollesonceffrey1968 2019-06-01
"If I everhad the opportunity I would love to push a Juche party line in my community. MLs that are self reliant and militant. This is how you use authority to protect your worker revolution.
I admire the DPRK people." - (c) u/ crimson blade 9/11
The jokes write themselves.
1 SideFumbling 2019-06-01
Imagine believing that communism hasn't killed millions and that China hasn't instituted a social credit system.
1 RedditCanSuccMe 2019-06-01
Imagine if you switched the commie words with Nazi words. It'd just be blatant Holocaust denial.
1 SideFumbling 2019-06-01
These people do not believe that Stalin was responsible for any deaths at all.