There is legitimate wars over anime

ouf

I had some guys who argued that Stalin was a great guy and the USSR was fantastic

Usually tankies are the anti anime gang

but animu is capitalist!

We dislike anime here, but only ironically.

tankies = pro DPRK/stalin right?

Largely yes,

tankies?

DPRK though is less likely to be supported

Tankie is a derogatory term used by hard leftists to refer to stalinists

well yeah if you're going to ban all personal freedom then it makes sense to hate anime too

oh

Because of red Hungary and czechslovakia

but i'm a full on capitalist

yet i like animu

Where the ussr pushed tanks into 2 states

ah

Hence the nickname

well how important is the fact that it's used by lefties tho I've seen wokieleaks and even some right-wingers use it

Tankies

though mostly 70's to late 90's/early 2000's animu

Tankie?

Well it's fairly old and been around a while

yep

Regardless, the main ideology behind post Lenin ussr was known as Marxism Leninism (Lenin and marx didn't produce it, they were "honoured" by the developer of it, Stalin)

I'm trying to think if I ever watched an anime with Marxist themes. Maybe the Japanese artists don't even know it exists?

Japanese communists are actually quite influential

it would explain a few things

They were a major party a few decades back

besides, japan was mostly influenced by the US after ww2

So alot of Japanese shows and such have subtle leftist references

Japanese communist party are super peace and anti violence

inb4 catgirls are disguised Marxist symbols.

Pro*

Don't you want a domesticated cat girl

catgirls are bourgeois propoganda

lel

https://youtu.be/5qbQ-kWWZ00

catgirls CANNOT consent