• andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I swear, some of them are trolling hard. Not sure if it was satire, but I saw one comment a while ago saying that a guy would love to live in North Korea because the previous leader was some sort of hero that took good care of the people. Wtf?

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        1 year ago

        Based on conversations I’ve had, tankies have a concept of the truth that prioritizes epistemic loyalty. If a claim advances the cause, that makes it more true, if a claim is made by the enemy, that makes it false, or at least there is a moral imperative to regard it that way so it might as well be. Even smart people end up thinking this way and it’s pretty sad.