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.
Actually, I think it’s amusingly perfect that the tankies were hyperfocused on conjectural threats posed by capitalists and entirely missed the much more imminent threat posed by a government.
What is a tankie? First time I’m seeing it today.
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
so a bit like holocaust deniers but on the left extreme of the spectrum
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
I learned about it from the reports that too many people were sending top secret information to .ml domains instead of their official .mil counterparts.
