Apparently I got perma banned from asking a question about anti capitalist business. Cowards I say.
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who isn’t banned from communism101 the moment they step into that sub?
I once posted a slightly lib article on how an idiot ancap CEO of Sears ran the company to the ground with dumb libertarian ideas and also some Chomsky’s critique of US imperialism. Got perma banned the next day…
I mean, I thought we should be intelligent enough to read lib sources if they offer some kind of valuable insight and just filter out useless lib opinions, bad takes ourselves…I guess I was wrong lol.
communism101 on reddit is run by western ultras and cultists. It’s a rite of passage for any socialist on the platform to get banned there.
It truly is, I got my ban there in like the first 6 months I was a communist. Then I moved on to better communities.
I suspect they’re run by feds
you’re not a true commie if you haven’t been banned from any of the reddit “communist/socialist” subreddits, come on people 😤😤
Aw man, I guess my tankie credentials are revoked :(
Does “informed tankie” sub count?
r/shitliberalsay is a good socialist subreddit I frequent there, I recommend it more than any other socialist subreddits.
I’ve seen the term ultras on here, but I am rather new to this community. Would someone mind giving me a definition of what an ultra is in this context? Thanks!
An ultra is a communist who is obsessed with strict adherence to previous communist theory rather than considering what is the sensible thing to do in a given real-world economic circumstance. You may also know them as a “book worshipper” or “that one guy who legally isn’t allowed within 200 metres of a DnD party”
ah so like the bible thumpers of marxism?
Yeah, that’s a good analogy. They’re people who emphasise idealism and perfectionism rather than messy, imperfect real world results. They tend to decry existing or past socialist projects for not being “pure” enough and for having issues and problems, like any nation would.
It’s quite common in western leftist spaces as it is a way to be “socialist” without actually needing to unlearn a bunch of lies about socialist nations taught to people from a young age.
We mock them because they ultimately spend all their time “planning” a “perfect” revolution that will never come to pass, as if they actually tried to put their ideas into practice, they would meet messy reality and no longer have everything be perfect. So they claim to be against the capitalist status quo while doing nothing to actually try and change it. They’re as old as communism itself. A core idea of communist thought is “materialism” as opposed to “idealism.” When our ideas conflict with reality, our ideas need to change to match reality. Ultras refuse to do this in order to keep their ideals “pure.”
Sorry for the semi-lecture, especially if some of it is stuff you already know.
Reddit is a CIA run shitshow.
Maoists are cancer.
Regular maoists are fine. The maoists on the subreddits are ultras and cultists.
Maoists who dont shit on deng I can rock with, Maoists who think china is a neo-liberal country and ignore Chinas current prosperity I disavow.
why go to r/communism101 when you can go to c/communism101? (aka the much much better one)
See, I kind of forgot about that. Been a somewhat busy couple of days. But yeah, it’s heartbreaking that they jump to that conclusion after one reasonable question.
The 101 communities should be a place where people can ask legit questions.
