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Good thing the tankies are here to protect these powerful capitalist governments (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I mean the word works, fits and is descriptive. Do you have another word for people who fit the criteria?

Maybe privileged-ignorant-authoritarian-self-proclaimed-leftist might fit if it wasn’t so long.

Maybe going with German might work. Privilegiertunwissendautoritärselbsternannterlinker?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Authoritarian Apologist. The most neutral, and accurate

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Authoritarian supporters. Most don't just excuse the authoritarian regimes, they actively support them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I’m thinking apologist is a good word here. It fits the religious overtones of how they behave.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics