This is also why I can't stand tankies. Worshipping the Soviet Union, China and even modern day Russia. Clearly the "is not The West(tm)" is the important part for them, not socialism or communism. Also, I've had interactions with people on reddit where they said that the mass deportations were absolutely justified, etc.

Look, I also want a lot of the things socialism offers, without necessarily going full communist. But I'll argue all day that Nordic countries do it better. Not perfectly of course, there's still billionaires and there are still issues. But people are by and large much more free than they are or were in any of the countries tankies love, and those who aren't well-off still have it much better than they do in, say, the US.