The person in the picture is u/spez (fastest and the goofiest picture I could find).

Also, please don’t take it seriously. It’s a shitpost. Thanks.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I’ve been in Lemmy for almost 2 years since the API migration, and I don’t know if I’ve ever encountered a tankie, despite seeing hundreds of memes about them.

    I’m guessing my instance just doesn’t federate with the same weird shit y’all are seeing?

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      .ml and hexbear are the tankie instances

      They used to have a lot of popular communities on there, but they have driven most of them off their space into other instances by now.

      If you imply that Putin or Xi are dictators you will get banned from those spaces.

      Edit: hey look, I summoned one

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        Well they aren’t.
        Both countries have elections. (unlike ukraine BTW that without the excuse of war banned almost every party and put political opponents in jail)
        It’s a ridiculous cartoon villain propaganda name.
        Like every country the west doesn’t like needs to be called a regime.
        Annoying

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          Putin is a dictator in the same way that Trump is trying to be. He consolidated power under his office, removing term limits and checks, and manipulates the democratic process in his favor (often with blatant ballot stuffing and crushing opposition).

          The US political system, as corrupt as it is, isn’t quite to that point yet, though unfortunately that might be changing soon.

          Edit: Removed mention of Xi because I’m not as familiar with the topic and don’t want to spread misinformation.

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    Lemmy world is the worst instance. You guys are huge libs and it’s embarrassing. Get a life, spend your energy on something productive other than shitting on people on the left, while right wingers staged a coup, and are going to start cracking down on everyone’s rights. “First they came for the communists…”