• QuillQuote [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    MLs Tankies and Stalinists are different terms for the same thing right? It's early and I'm sleepy

    • KiaKaha [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yes, nowadays.

      Back in the post-Stalin era, being a tankie meant supporting Khrushchev in crushing the Hungarian rebellion, but it didn’t mean (necessarily) supporting Stalin, as by that time Khrushchev had denounced Stalin and started destalinisation.