I wouldn’t say this is due to simply being far-left. It may have started as such, but then they decided to subdue their political beliefs to geopolitics, and pursue geopolitical beliefs first and foremost. And those geopolitical beliefs favor a competition-minded worldview, a “might makes right” one, and a black’n’white perception. Tankies have just started being fanatic for one of the sides, almost being nationalists for another country, just like far-rightists.
An authoritarians only priority is their authority. Their economic leanings can flip on a dime depending on what’s convenient. So technically they are economically centrist by circumstance. But have never been meaningfully left in any sense.
they went so far left, they end up being on the right/autotharian.
I wouldn’t say this is due to simply being far-left. It may have started as such, but then they decided to subdue their political beliefs to geopolitics, and pursue geopolitical beliefs first and foremost. And those geopolitical beliefs favor a competition-minded worldview, a “might makes right” one, and a black’n’white perception. Tankies have just started being fanatic for one of the sides, almost being nationalists for another country, just like far-rightists.
An authoritarians only priority is their authority. Their economic leanings can flip on a dime depending on what’s convenient. So technically they are economically centrist by circumstance. But have never been meaningfully left in any sense.