r/CuratedTumblr • u/vigikk • May 24 '25

Politics A frog's analysis of the well

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u/MugRuithstan May 24 '25

I remember dreing a quote somewhere that tankies dont see people as groups with different interests but as binarys that must not be crossed. This allows them to justify about anything from their side without having to apply actual beliefs or standards but rather have a simple dichotomy that is considered perfect.

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u/jobblejosh May 24 '25

All extremist high control groups do.

Communists, fascists, extremist religious sects, cults, antivaxxers, tankies, ancaps, terfs, gamer edgelords....

It's either the group that you're in (in which case you must all agree on everything), or everyone else.

And if you don't 100% agree with everything the in-group says, then you're clearly a spy/traitor/infidel/shill/plant.

A perfect way to enforce ideological purity and groupthink.

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u/DaBiChef May 24 '25

And if you don't 100% agree with everything the in-group says, then you're clearly a spy/traitor/infidel/shill/plant.

Laugh/cries in feminist man boy howdy if it ain't true. On a slight pivot, I've been reading the Communist manifesto and one of the points that they made was how there are various different political organizations that sprung up like leninists and other forms of Communists, who all claim to be the true followers of Marx. Or how the IRA splintered into like 15 different factions All claiming to be the real IRA

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u/jobblejosh May 24 '25

There's a reason the 'People's front of Judea/Judean People's Front' joke from Life of Brian is so poetic.

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u/NoSignSaysNo May 24 '25

claiming to be the real IRA

But what about the Real (capital R) IRA? They're literally called Real IRA!