I know someone that thinks tankies are allies against American imperialism, and they say that any movement to the left is better than capitalism, even if itā€™s Russia or CCP branded leftism. They say that nothing that Russia or CCP has done is worse than what American imperialism. This all came up after I mentioned the tankie triad, and they said they were subscribed to multiple communities on there and didnā€™t disagree with what they were seeing on there. Let me know if thereā€™s a better place to ask or if thereā€™s any other threads or resources I should refer them to. I will be forwarding this thread to them, so your help would be greatly appreciated.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    8 days ago

    they say that any movement to the left is better than capitalism, even if itā€™s Russia

    This person thinks that Russia isnā€™t capitalistic and is somehow ā€œleftā€, kinda sounds like theyā€™re already a tankie. Itā€™s going to be almost impossible to talk them out of that.

    • Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      8 days ago

      I desperately want to try, so any help would be appreciated.

      They said since I wasnā€™t able to explain to them what was wrong with the ideology and the moderation on those instances to their liking, they didnā€™t see any problem.

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        8 days ago

        Find out what evidence they would accept that their view is wrong.

        Then deliver.

        Unfortunately, thereā€™s a chance theyā€™ll move the goalpost at that point. Then youā€™ll know that reasoning isnā€™t the solution.