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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.