• socsa@piefed.social
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      2 months ago

      It’s more than just extreme. There are several… really continuously happening examples of them spouting off straight up GOP and Russian information warfare which is very far removed from anything resembling their alleged politics. And this is taking into consideration their silly “imperialism is when USA” framework, and their penchant for accelerationism *and* their particularly outdated view of leftist philosophy.

      There are two possibilities here - they are either so out of touch and steeped in anti-liberalism that they’ve come full circle to becoming a far right safe space, or they a significant portion of their user base are trolls.

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        2 months ago

        Whatever the motivation, clearly they’re just morally bad people

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        2 months ago

        yeah, I don’t doubt they repeat the propaganda. I think they’re just a part of the pipeline as opposed to being directly fed propaganda.

        Tankies like Modern Russia because Russia opposes the US. If anything opposes the US, even if that thing is opposite of their ideals, then they’ll still support them.

        They don’t have complex views, just full-circle.