Was there some sort of assurance that nothing was going to happen when the contract expired, and this expectation was changed? Freenom hasn’t been registering domains since Jan 1.

It’s seeming a little odd to me that this is catching people with their pants down.

    • Silviecat44@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      From wikipedia

      Tankie is a pejorative label for communists and those who align with Marxism–Leninism ideology. More generally, the term “tankie” has been applied for those who express support for one-party socialist republics that are associated with Marxism–Leninism, whether contemporary or historical.

      They usually praise communism and ignore the flaws and horrible practices of things like the U.S.S.R

        • gizzle@reddthat.comEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          They are the best example of why left unity is bullshit. Tankies are okay with literal fascism as long as it doesn’t involve a western country.

          • HardlightCereal@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            1 year ago

            I’m all about left unity. If someone makes excuses for authoritarian governments, they’re not on the left. If they disagree with black lives matter, they’re not on the left. If they’re transphobic, they’re not on the left. We leftists need to stick together and protect the most marginalised members of our community, by kicking fascists and bigots out. That’s what left unity means. Good old paradox of tolerance.

            • gizzle@reddthat.comEnglish
              21·
              1 year ago

              Just because someone’s beliefs don’t align with yours doesn’t mean they “aren’t on the left”.

              Leftism isn’t a catch all for good people.

              In fact many anarchists became disillusioned with the idea of “the left”, hence post-leftism.

          • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Just because it’s authoritarian doesn’t mean it’s fascist. The USSR murdered millions, and was an authoritarian shithole, but that doesn’t mean it was fascist. It was communist. Fascism is terrible, but so are other forms of authoritarianism.

            • gizzle@reddthat.comEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism

              It’s literally semantics at this point

              • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                The “a capitalist economy” bit is the very important distinction. Communist states share most or all of the other traits with fascism. But so do Feudal countries with merchantilist economies, modern dictatorships without government-driven economy, and all other strongly authoritarian systems eventually.

    • Rottcodd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      A tankie is a communist who at least defends and often advocates for forced submission to their rule, or more broadly defends the authoritarian regimes that engage in such. It dates back to the USSR sending in tanks to crush an uprising in Hungary in 1956, and was applied to the UK communists who argued in support of the USSR.

      The owners of lemmy.ml are tankies.