Very True, but this hypocrisy is willfully ignored by Tankies.
It's a big reveal into the philosophical underpinnings of Tankies. It's important to note the hierarchy of their beliefs.
- Authoritarianism - Tankies want to be in charge more than anything else. They admire other strongmen. Because they fantasize about becoming that strongman.
- Anti-US/West - They're obsessed about litigating all of the crimes of the west. The sentence for all crimes in tankies land, is guillotines or burning it all down". The biggest crime the west has ever committed is; not letting Tankies be in charge. See Item 1. So they will align with any other other anti-west person or group. Even if they're oligarchs.
- Socialism - Socialism is last, because it's subservient to the first two items. It's just intellectual cover to win over naive followers. Controlling the means of production will always be corrupted to exalt the great leader. Or settle their grievances.
This is why any serious Left movement needs to vigilant about separating itself from the Tankies. It now looks like an impossible lesson to learn.
This is why I was so harsh on Sanders in the primary thread. He kept boosting these guys to win points on twitter and youtube. Now they're turning on Sanders. This was predictable, myself and a few others took a lot of shit for pointing this out months ago.
So ya, working on behalf of the worst oligarchs seems to be no problem for Tankies. They get to pwn the libs!