Tankies aren’t the only ones who call for revolution tbf. There are revolutionary anarchists as well. “Tankie” has usually been used to describe auth-lefties in particular.

His hype was otherworldly. I honestly think it outstripped his own efforts and became a cultural thing, probably affected his own self-perception to no small degree… Now here we are.

somehow this doesn’t offend my eyes the way comic sans usually does, so I guess that’s a win?