A thread about the psychology of Tankies.

Basically: Misdirected anti-imperialist anger + conspiracy thinking + vicious in-group status fights --> Tankies https://twitter.com/QueenSorviaV/status/1283594638755061760

Here's an alternative view of the psychology of Tankies.

Basically: Status-seeking edgelordism + Bernie revitalizing the left + closed-off hierarchies in other leftist spaces --> Tankies https://twitter.com/rechelon/status/1295131210897752064

You know what doesn't really sound like a good life?

Being a Tankie.

Eventually we'll realize that Twitter (and to a lesser extent, Facebook) consistently takes these edgelord cults and mainstreams them. They always existed; now they have the megaphone.

The platform is the enemy.

But I'm not sure we're ready for this realization yet...

Here's another thread about how people get onboarded to edgelord cults via Facebook groups.

But TBH it was probably always a bit like this. Not until Twitter did these cults get a nationwide platform. https://twitter.com/QueenSorviaV/status/1303496099966128134?s=19