I know someone that thinks tankies are allies against American imperialism, and they say that any movement to the left is better than capitalism, even if it’s Russia or CCP branded leftism. They say that nothing that Russia or CCP has done is worse than what American imperialism. This all came up after I mentioned the tankie triad, and they said they were subscribed to multiple communities on there and didn’t disagree with what they were seeing on there. Let me know if there’s a better place to ask or if there’s any other threads or resources I should refer them to. I will be forwarding this thread to them, so your help would be greatly appreciated.
Find out what evidence they would accept that their view is wrong.
Then deliver.
Unfortunately, there’s a chance they’ll move the goalpost at that point. Then you’ll know that reasoning isn’t the solution.
They said they didn’t see the moderation abuse I was purporting for one, and they weren’t just going to take my word for it.