I think there are

Yes, and that’s the arrogance that I was talking out; thinking that your completely baseless thoughts are worth sharing.

someone told me my understanding was wrong

From what I can tell, your understanding is still wrong, given this “I was a victim of propaganda” talk.

Humble would have been not asserting it in the first place.

You weren’t “a victim of propaganda”, my god, have some humility. What you were was ignorant.

The value is that maybe in the future you will think twice before popping off about subjects you literally don’t know the first thing about. Just to be clear, thinking that Russia still claims to be communist in 2018 is like thinking Germany still claims to be fascist or France still claims to be a monarchy. There’s nothing wrong with being ignorant, so long as you’re humble about it.

they stilled claimed to be communist.

They don’t though. They don’t now, they didn’t in 2018, and anyone with even the most cursory knowledge on the subject could tell you that.

What is it with westerners arrogantly giving their opinion on things they clearly don’t know the first thing about?

Lol. Must knowledgeable liberal.

Zero “tankies” think Russia is communist; it’s a belief held entirely by ignorant western liberals like justanotherkay

Russia

Jesus Christ, the willingness of westerners to make statements about things they are completely ignorant of is astounding.