Ultras are basically people who don’t understand the difference between being principled and pragmatic. They see any compromises as a betrayal. For example, ultras denounce China because it has capitalism. Ultimately, they end up being no different from Anarchists in a sense that what they want is not possible in practical terms. So, they just end up cosplyaing at being a communist.
They take a socialist country that exists in a predominantly capitalist world and which has to contend with that reality, and purity-test it against socialism on paper, abstracted from reality
They are also likely to be Anarchists that somehow support NATO. Or is that what Ultras mean?
I had so many terrible interactions with western leftists except those who are ML.
Ultras are basically people who don’t understand the difference between being principled and pragmatic. They see any compromises as a betrayal. For example, ultras denounce China because it has capitalism. Ultimately, they end up being no different from Anarchists in a sense that what they want is not possible in practical terms. So, they just end up cosplyaing at being a communist.
You mean to tell me it’s harder to apply theory in a world that’s overwhelmingly capitalist than in a book? Ridiculous, I demand perfection
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They take a socialist country that exists in a predominantly capitalist world and which has to contend with that reality, and purity-test it against socialism on paper, abstracted from reality
Paraphrasing Parenti, they compare it to the People’s Republic of Heaven.