• aski3252@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Originally, it was used to describe communists who followed the party line and supported suppressing Hungarian workers with tanks.

    Today it means ultra-authoritarian marxist-leninist.

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        1 year ago

        It’s not entirely the same though. Some of the “tankies” in the West seem to be Maoists more than Stalinists, as far as I can tell. Besides, some (many?) Stalinists also consider the term “Stalinist” derogatory, and prefer to call themselves “Marxist-Leninists”.