authcom

English

Etymology

From auth (“authoritarian”) +‎ com (“communist”).

Noun

authcom (plural authcoms)

1. (Internet slang, politics) A supporter of authoritarian communism.
   • 2021 November 8, @unflicuneballe, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 29 October 2025:

     Anarchists watching some twitter authcom start posting about "degeneracy of the west" and "traditional values"

   • 2022 August 13, u/diode_milliampere, “Tankiejerk, a Popular Subreddit dedicated to making fun of tankies, starts purging liberals. Stalin Would be Proud.”, in Reddit‎, r/SubredditDrama, archived from the original on 29 October 2025:

     The people the online left admits are "red fascists" are really just guilty of saying the quiet part loud and too quickly... because inevitiably ML/Tankie/authcoms types will agree with the meat and potatoes of their rhetoric to the point its indistinguishable until ass is shown.

   • 2023 December 16, @nocturnologist, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 29 October 2025:

     Zionist narratives about Palestinians and authcom narratives about victims of ostensibly "communist"/anti-Western regimes are literally the same, word for word

   • 2024 May 31, @entierrada, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 29 October 2025:

     I'm going to focus myself on learning about guerrilla tactics and movements. I didn't realize how many books I already had about these topics, that I hadn't read yet. Authcoms love telling ppl to get armed and learn self defense. That's not how you form a militant resistance

   • 2025 September 18, u/DentistPitiful5454, “Well that was quick...”, in Reddit‎, r/liberalgunowners, archived from the original on 29 October 2025:

     Yeah the third arrow is a big deal to some people for some reason. I always took it to mean authcoms, but that's just me.

Coordinate terms

• patsoc
• tankie