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Abhcán's avatar

Tankies are incredibly credulous when it comes to the claims of their "anti-imperialist" heroes.

https://gnet-research.org/2023/10/02/tankies-a-data-driven-understanding-of-left-wing-extremists-on-social-media/

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Aden Wiedijk's avatar

Good summary. I think they fulfil what Lenin's definition of 'useful idiots' was - people who are already geared towards helping the goals of the autocrat (in this case the Kremlin) for whatever stupid personal reasons they have and only need the tiniest nudge and handful of cash to make them that much more committed.

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