• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    There’s a difference between someone-needs-to-coordinate-and-manage-complex-undertakings “authoritarian” and line-the-dissidents-up-against-the-wall “authoritarian”. Tankies are the latter.

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      4 months ago

      We have class war waged against us by the bourgeoisie, and thousands of people are casualties of that war every single day. Expecting to turn the tide against them without getting our hands dirty in turn is useless idealism.

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        4 months ago

        Uh huh, and historically violent authoritarian transitional regimes are always so willing to step aside after the transition.

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        4 months ago

        Getting our hands dirty means shooting comrades who carried the revolutionary wars for being a bit yucky.