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 itās 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 didnāt disagree with what they were seeing on there. Let me know if thereās a better place to ask or if thereās 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.
This person thinks that Russia isnāt capitalistic and is somehow āleftā, kinda sounds like theyāre already a tankie. Itās going to be almost impossible to talk them out of that.
I desperately want to try, so any help would be appreciated.
They said since I wasnāt able to explain to them what was wrong with the ideology and the moderation on those instances to their liking, they didnāt see any problem.
Find out what evidence they would accept that their view is wrong.
Then deliver.
Unfortunately, thereās a chance theyāll move the goalpost at that point. Then youāll know that reasoning isnāt the solution.