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[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They give anticapitalism a bad name

That's the point

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I sincerely believe they are that ignorant and misinformed. I've seen them in the wild. It's the human psychosis of tribalism.

Write out any statement by a tanky or a magat, block out any specifics or tell tail phrases. So you can just look at how they talk about others. You won't see a huge difference.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago

I think it's both... They're the "useful idiots" and bots of someone else's machinations...
My theory is it's a liberal plot to keep liberals from considering communism.

[–] Loco_Mex@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

They're more like a cult.

[–] greenbit@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ooh good point, they're the red scare agenda to discredit what's real

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

I strongly believe that (of course they've sucked a couple of unbalanced real people in as well)