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”
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.
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 :(
r/shitliberalsay is a good socialist subreddit I frequent there, I recommend it more than any other socialist subreddits.
Does “informed tankie” sub count?
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.