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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (4 children)

They believe in an authoritarian government systems. Where the state has extra power that they can use to enforce their goals. That is in contrast to anarcho communists where the state is dissolved.

Logically most leftists fall somewhere in the middle as not wanting full on authoritarian government but also not wanting a complete lack of government

In theory if the state has the best interests of the people, then by giving the state extra power all you are doing is reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency. That however also makes it easier for the state to abuse that power so I am not saying one is better or worse than the other

[–] anoriginalthought@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Where the state has extra power that they can use to enforce their goals

Extra power in comparison to what? What is the normal amount of state power?

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s a debate since authoritarianism to libertarianism is a spectrum so there is no official “normal” and its generally used qualitatively on individual polices

Regulated and censoring speech - auth Absolute freedom of speech - lib Limiting speech to prohibit only speech that can cause harm to others - somewhere in the middle

Requiring the state to dispense all drugs - auth No drug regulations, no dea, no fda- lib Some drug regulations including requiring “generally recognized as safe and effective”- somewhere in the middle

No country is full auth or full lib

[–] anoriginalthought@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

That’s a debate since authoritarianism to libertarianism is a spectrum so there is no official “normal” and its generally used qualitatively on individual polices

So, essentially, it's subjective?

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