I'm a Lemmygrad Andy, if there's any tankie in this conversation, it's me. Person's on ee they're probably only parroting outdated propaganda because they're a neo-reactionary, (or an outright fascist) not because they're communist.

Putin's agenda of steering the American right into self-destruction to neutralize their geopolitical opponent is going to result in a lot of lot of neo-fascists hitting themselves out of confusion, so keep your eyes open for that.