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Nah.
Communists are social democrats who just haven't heard of social democracy.
Tankies are authoritarians who just like to masquerade under a less edgy ideology, communism in this case.
If it's like in my country, tankie will be used to qualify people just slightly left of hardcore liberalism...
You have no idea what socialism is whatsoever, do you?
Uh the nation of Finland with its tiny itsy bitsy army would like to have a word.
Or Sweden, renowned for its centuries old tradition of US-dependency, especially their reliability on air assets to upkeep sovereignty.
Simple as.
That... proves what they said
If you have any knowledge at all from the countries in question or the world in general, you would've understood the sarcasm. Now you just prove you have no idea what you are talking about.
Finland has a massive army and Sweden is renowned for its air power. These are not secrets, but well-known facts that even slightly educational people know. Unlike you.
Dude it's an alliance of western powers. No matter how proud the Nords are of their armies, they are ultimately dependent on the military and financial domination of the US.
Really? Starting when?
Let's see literally any one of those countries try to go socialist and see how long it takes for the US to invade and coup them.
That's debatable, but you haven't answered the question.
Look it's hard to put a definite date on it, because capitalism didn't just happen in one day. It happened over centuries. The european alliance had its roots in the colonial rush for the New World, and later Africa. After squabbling over territories, they learned they could make more money by cooperating and exploiting the poor countries together. And it's been like that ever since about 1900.