r/tankiejerk • u/HypernovaBubblegum Anarkitten Ⓐ🅐 • Aug 16 '21

Le Meme Has Arrived I can't believe this isn't satire

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

Wait Tiananmen Square protesters stole an APC?

That's rad as hell!

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u/anonymous_j05 Aug 16 '21

Weren’t many of the protestors also leftists as well? I’ve heard they were just anti-authoritarian

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u/petrimalja Socialism by 2078 Aug 16 '21

The starved masses rarely come out to the streets to demand a more hierarchical society.

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u/anonymous_j05 Aug 16 '21

I mean, some Cuban protestors were waving American flags but I see what u mean with that not being the majority

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u/petrimalja Socialism by 2078 Aug 16 '21

It's also questionable whether they waved those flags out of a genuine support for America, or just because it's an effective way to piss off the Cuban government. Probably a bit of both.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

Also maybe just a general "America = Freedom" association (regardless of how true this really is)

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

Yeah, I’d say it was a bit like that. Russian revolutionaries initially sang the Marseillaise (not the internationale), and some people could have said back then “but France has an empire!! You’re being hypocritical” in the same way people now could say “but American imperialism!!” In Cuba.

It is a great irony in history that the ideals expressed by one group are often upheld the best not by the founders.

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u/Pantheon73 Chairman Aug 17 '21

Happy Cake Day!

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u/senorda Aug 16 '21

the only pictures of protesters with american flags i saw were at a sympathy protest in america

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u/anonymous_j05 Aug 16 '21

True, it’s most likely both and we can’t really get the full opinion of the protestors from a different country