For a while now there's been a group of NAFO-adjacent shit-stirrers obsessing over the malign influence of the so-called 'tankie triad' which is lemmy.ml, lemmygrad.ml, hexbear.net. This style of posting has been dubbed 'feudposting', and I'm parodying it in the OP.
The joke I am making is that if you're going for ominous names the 'tankie troika' is way more menacing and russian. I made this meme taking that bit to its ridiculous conclusion.
There's a lot to the troika, it's been associated with Russia for centuries. Literally means 'a group of three'.
The configuration of two horses galloping with one horse trotting in the middle allowed for high speeds across vast distances and is commonly referenced in russian literature, particularly authors like Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, etc.
It's also pretty associated with the trinity (troitsa). Triplicity is a major feature of Russian folklore and culture in general; the three brothers, the three trials, three roads, three kisses, etc.
For revolutionaries it was the smallest organizing unit for a number of reasons and was present in both early anarchist and bolshevik cells. Some advantages were that it was agile, hard to infiltrate, and doesn't need a leader, rather a shared direction. In many ways an anti-hierarchical organizing pattern.
In the Stalin era it got a bit more of a sinister connotation as a 'troika' would be the group of officials signing off on sentences.
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 30 pts · 306d
Hey commies, you claim to hate Trots but you love decentralized social networks. Curious.
Turning Point Neck Fountain
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 306d
OMG! i want to see a meme of this. lol
Cowbee@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 306d
Pic goes incredibly hard, great job!
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 306d
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 305d
Pictured: Anglo-Soviet Agreement of 1941
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 306d
You love to hear the story, again and again,
Of how it all got started way back when,
The monument is right in your face,
Sit and listen for a while to the name of the place,
The World,
Lemmyworld.
phar@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 306d
Is there anyone that can explain what any of this means?
Diva@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 305d
For a while now there's been a group of NAFO-adjacent shit-stirrers obsessing over the malign influence of the so-called 'tankie triad' which is lemmy.ml, lemmygrad.ml, hexbear.net. This style of posting has been dubbed 'feudposting', and I'm parodying it in the OP.
The joke I am making is that if you're going for ominous names the 'tankie troika' is way more menacing and russian. I made this meme taking that bit to its ridiculous conclusion.
phar@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 302d
I guess I'm still confused and maybe I'm not with it enough to understand. I just looked up that nafo thing and that's actually pretty hilarious.
jaxxed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 305d
You could also describe the significance of the word "troika", both in its literally translation, but also in reference to its cultural significance.
Diva@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 304d
There's a lot to the troika, it's been associated with Russia for centuries. Literally means 'a group of three'.
The configuration of two horses galloping with one horse trotting in the middle allowed for high speeds across vast distances and is commonly referenced in russian literature, particularly authors like Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, etc.
It's also pretty associated with the trinity (troitsa). Triplicity is a major feature of Russian folklore and culture in general; the three brothers, the three trials, three roads, three kisses, etc.
For revolutionaries it was the smallest organizing unit for a number of reasons and was present in both early anarchist and bolshevik cells. Some advantages were that it was agile, hard to infiltrate, and doesn't need a leader, rather a shared direction. In many ways an anti-hierarchical organizing pattern.
In the Stalin era it got a bit more of a sinister connotation as a 'troika' would be the group of officials signing off on sentences.
kq@ieji.de · 2 pts · 303d
@Diva интересно, но я только знаю трииииии полоски :D
Diva@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 303d
Как я могла забыть про стиль!
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 305d