Michael Gloss studied Human Ecology at Middlebury College in Vermont and was described by friends as an eco-activist, women’s rights supporter, and anti-fascist.

cross-posted from: https://biglemmowski.win/post/6224801

Michael Gloss, 21, was the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Julianne Gallina Gloss, and Iraq war veteran Larry Gloss.

Before arriving in Russia on August 13, 2023, Gloss was travelling around Europe. On his Vkontakte page bio, he wrote: “I ran away from home (and) traveled the world. I hate fascism.”

On April 4, 2024, he was killed, likely during a Russian offensive near Bakhmut, however, his burial in the U.S. did not take place until December 2024, Important Stories reports.

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  • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
    84·
    22 hours ago

    Just look at ML or Hexbear right here on Lemmy. The tankies love Putin and Xi. Horseshoe is a law not a theory.

      • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
        112·
        10 hours ago

        I keep seeing this image repeated on Lemmy but I don’t buy it. It’s just an attempt for leftists to distance themselves from tankies. If you’re left but not a tankie, you are just center-left. Only tankies are far-left

        • takeda@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 hour ago

          Today’s tankies (appropriately to the name) are pro authoritarianism and it just “happens” that’s what far right Russia is. Even China isn’t truly a communism, but they are both authoritarian.

          • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            31 minutes ago

            You can be both pro-authoritarian and far left. In fact, that’s kind of the definition of far left.

            • takeda@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              25 seconds ago

              Yes pro authoritarian far left that’s basically communism.

              China is hardly a communism right now, Russia definitively isn’t a communism. So the current tankies that are worshipping Russia and China aren’t really for communism, they are only pro authoritarianism.

              They are actually more aligned with MAGA than anything, the only difference is just that they don’t have problem openly supporting Russia and China.

          • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
            26·
            9 hours ago

            They aren’t on the political spectrum at all because they don’t believe in any kind of governance.

        • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          Tankies have almost nothing in common with the far left outisde teenagers who haven’t worked out the fundemental flaws with communism yet. Beyond those teenagers most left wing folk consider tankies to be pretty right wing.

          • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            33 minutes ago

            Tankies have almost nothing in common with the far left

            This doesn’t make sense because tankies are the far left. What you’re thinking of as far left is actually center left.