TIL: The word Vatnik is used in Russia and other post-Soviet states for steadfast jingoistic followers of propaganda from the Russian government.
Now my impression is anyone who is a victim of Russian propaganda can be called a vatnik despite the article saying the word is used mostly in Russia.
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Petition to relocate lemmy.ml to vatnik.ml
vatnik.ml isn't registered, so in theory you could register it and set up the domain to go to a webserver that proxies for whatever domain you want.
I'm coining the term conservatnik now.
I like it!
Conserva means tinned food in Russian. This would work too given the stereotypes of the sort who would eat tinned food.
A bit of classism involved, but meh.
Classism is back! Chav'ent you seen Zack Polanski?
Buncha vatniks on lemmy
and on reddit too, especially in those conservative subs.
Yes, "vatnik" is indeed a carpet term for people who believe (or are made to believe) the idea of a "Strong and awesome Russia that is in it's right to show everyone else how to live"
The studded jacket with that name was a usual winter outfit of Soviet farm workers and such. So it works as a symbol of a self-righteous uneducated working class person from an authoritarian country.
Lots of them fucks here in the US
Scientifically speaking they're all called RWAs. Such people have well established tendencies worth understanding.
Riggers With Attitude?
Lmfao right wing authoritarians. I'm reading a book about them now by Bob Altemeyer, it's really striking how much about society the research explains
Is Elon Musk a Vatnik? And Trump?
I think they are!
I agree. At first Vatnik was only used for lower- and uneducated-classes and low ranking meat, wearing cotton-jackets. Now Vatniks can be even billionaires and the elites of a society, like Musk and Peter Thiel.
yes, they often say the typical russian buzzwords, or speechs. always with western, or this or that enemy. or EU needs to "stand alone"
Update your repos! It's Zetnick for almost 4 years now.
🤣🤣🤣
Never drink too much of the vatniksoup.com
Did you know that there are videogames made by Vatniks? If you want to check those out (and get a bit of Background Information on some Vatniks) I recommend the Youtube Chanel Warlocracy
If Vatnik exists why call them tankies? For the Chinese vatniks? Can we broaden the definition to broadly include people who uncritically buys into propaganda?
"Tankie" originates with Soviets using tanks to stop rebellion in Hungary, and refers to those who condone using authoritarian violence to suppress dissidents. They frequently overlap, but they're distinct concepts.
Oh i thought it was from CCCP commisar goons ordering a column of type 59s to drive over civilians in 89
Same basic concept, but not the origin of the term. It's a common misconception.
Because I speak mostly English. Basically means the same thing (close enough), why call you "дурак" when I can call you "fool" in my native tongue?
That said I'm 100% calling these losers зетники и ватники from now on just in hopes it pisses them off more. А ну чики-брики и в дамки сука!
Should change it now to Vladnik.