I don’t agree with the vision of an authoritarian state, even as a step towards something else, but my tankie friends, for example those in PSL, are doing a ton of good on the ground by organizing and funding busses to prison for the families of prisoners, helping support tenant unions, providing support for immigrants in the form of legal representation, continuously organizing against police injustices (especially in cases involving disabled, black, or queer people), and other issues that might arise in their locale. I respect the people continuously putting themselves and their resources on the line for others. I would be much quicker to lend disrespect to those that only talk and do nothing.
PSL has defended abusers and harassed victims for speaking up, have policed and harassed the members for liking and sharing things that don’t follow the party’s strict platform, and have ruined actions that could have made real change all because they care more about public image than actual effective action. PSL is a cult, your friends are in a cult, and you are advocating for a cult.
If someone calls themselves a tankie and they dont understand where the term tankie comes from, theyre either not telling the truth or are not worth talking to hecause they dont understand their own ideology.
PSL is marxist-leninist in ideology and doing all the activities I described. Perhaps way in the future I will have to fight with them, but for now we align on many issues and work side by side. Don’t allow propaganda to paint too broad of strokes.
I don’t agree with the vision of an authoritarian state, even as a step towards something else, but my tankie friends, for example those in PSL, are doing a ton of good on the ground by organizing and funding busses to prison for the families of prisoners, helping support tenant unions, providing support for immigrants in the form of legal representation, continuously organizing against police injustices (especially in cases involving disabled, black, or queer people), and other issues that might arise in their locale. I respect the people continuously putting themselves and their resources on the line for others. I would be much quicker to lend disrespect to those that only talk and do nothing.
PSL has defended abusers and harassed victims for speaking up, have policed and harassed the members for liking and sharing things that don’t follow the party’s strict platform, and have ruined actions that could have made real change all because they care more about public image than actual effective action. PSL is a cult, your friends are in a cult, and you are advocating for a cult.
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/14wF1Ti5GT2w5GZmwqvhvk6uH4zUss_a-B2GZ9NZEx74/mobilebasic
https://fashbusters.wordpress.com/2020/12/30/psl-stalked-doxxed-harassed-steven-powers-accuser/
Those people dont sound like tankies.
Tankies are authoritarian, and unions are the opposite of that.
Oh no, someone fell for tankie memes rather than talking to a tankie and learning what their deal is.
If someone calls themselves a tankie and they dont understand where the term tankie comes from, theyre either not telling the truth or are not worth talking to hecause they dont understand their own ideology.
PSL is marxist-leninist in ideology and doing all the activities I described. Perhaps way in the future I will have to fight with them, but for now we align on many issues and work side by side. Don’t allow propaganda to paint too broad of strokes.