Post #1188188 · Elektrine

2026-04-15 10:29 UTC

the farthest extremes on either side are unrealistic and deluded. just because you like one side doesn't mean they dont get crazy when you go far enough. it's VERY important not to lose site of that. yes a communist utopia is unachievable. yes there are people who are actively pursuing that impossible goal. that does not make them unleft.

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@Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2026-04-15 10:49

Being in the middle does not make a stance correct. Saying "slavery is good" and someone saying "slavery is bad" does not make "some slavery is good" the correct position. Secondly, utopianism is what they are referring to, the practice of theorycrafting a perfect idea and trying to create that by explaining that perfect idea to everyone. Communism has been scientific since Marx, however those who still cling to utopianism over scientific communism do exist to this day. They are typically called "ultraleft," but not because they are "more left," but because they place ideals over material reality. That's why the question exists, can they truly be called "more left" if their strategy is impossible to begin with?

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