MeanwhileOnGrad
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Meanwhile On Grad
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Lemmygrad: claims to be anti-imperialist Also Lemmygrad: supports Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hmmmmm...
Tankies really do love imperialism. You'll find they're hypocrites of absolutely every view they hate.
They are just totally irrational honestly. There is no logic to it and it seems to generally be a love for China and Russia and a hate for the west.
My guess is that it is the bleed over from years of propaganda. Think about it, in the USSR schools students were fed a lot of propaganda just like in the US.