Has /r/socialism_101 been compromised? I have noticed over the last 2 or so months some incredible takes in the comments and this thread is even locked.
I usually don’t really care but this kind of thought is on par with libs that use “utopian” when talking about Marxism. Just so confidently wrong. I’m not even that well read yet on theory but, Jesus, this set off my lib radar bad.
Authoritarian is becoming another one of “those words” for me too. I live in the States and it’s extremely authoritarian here but others will claim the USSR was actually authoritarian. Our women have virtually no rights, we don’t help the homeless or poor and expect them to die, we have a poverty to profit prison pipeline, our healthcare is behind an employee-controlled pay wall, and we have the electoral college so our votes don’t even matter.
It’s just almost impossible for me to take people seriously when they use these words anymore. And like from what I understand “tankie” just basically means someone who supports socialism and has read a modicum of theory. Well, the word really doesn’t have a meaning but that is mostly how it’s thrown around.
And you can tell those that have read theory because instead of saying “Authoritarian regime” they say a “dictatorship of the proletariat” and they know what that means.
That’s just Freedom™, silly.