cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8181688
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this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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If the anarchists in the soviet union were allowed power, general plan Ost would have come to fruition. Anarchists have historically not been able to lead mass industrialization in a coordinated way, and have not been able to lead successful military campaigns across territories as large as the USSR. If the soviet leadership didn't protect the revolution from anarchists, part of my family would have died in a death camp instead of being liberated from one by red army soldiers.
But the tankies stabbed the pure hearted anarchists in the back! Okay, maybe the anarchists shouldn't have been idealists who cared more about coops than actually prosecuting a successful socialist transition. Literally read Lenin's interaction with the anarchist prince.
Because its not anarchists job to do that but worker's job, and they are very good at self-organizing.
You say this as if they had multiple chances to do so lol.
The anarchist workers didn't do a good job. The popular front workers did a better job, the Soviet workers did a better job.
They had a chance in Catalonia, a much smaller field, and couldnt coordinate there.