A question for Anarchists.

[boiler]

Lets say there was a workers revolution in a country, lets say a developed country, somewhere like the United States, England, Germany, etc. The workers have taken power and overthrown the ruling class and taken ownership of the means of production. What do you think would happen if the revolution spread to other countries but the workers ultimately failed to take power? What do you think would happen to the revolution?

[Os Cangaceiros]

It would become isolated, degenerate and fail to accomplish it's original goals?

That seems like an easy question to answer...

[ArisVelouxiotis]

I don't get what this has to do with anarchists though

[Blake's Baby]

It's as applicable to Anarchists as it is to Marxists. Can't think why it would be more applicable to Anarchists though. But, boiler can ask any questions s/he likes. Maybe s//he knows already what the Marxists' opinions are going to be.

[Fourth Internationalist]

It's as applicable to Anarchists as it is to Marxists. Can't think why it would be more applicable to Anarchists though. But, boiler can ask any questions s/he likes. Maybe s//he knows already what the Marxists' opinions are going to be.

Maybe it is because he is a "Marxist-Leninst" and believes that socialism can be built in one country without the spread of the revolution and thus assumes this is the default Marxist position? That would be my guess.

[boiler]

I suppose I'm reexamining my support of Marxism-Leninism. I have been thinking a lot about can socialism be achieved in a single country and was socialism ever actually achieved in a single country. And I'v come to the conclusion that I'm not convinced socialism in one country can be achieved. I know what the Marxist position is on the subject. I have been reading a lot of Trotsky's writings since he has wrote a good bit on the matter. I was just wondering what the Anarchist position is. Judging by Os Cangaceiros answer the Anarchist position isn't all that different than the Marxist one.

[Eleutheromaniac]

I'm not the most knowledgeable person on the subject, but the idea of DotP and, especially in one country, is not an anarchist ideal. The working class transcends national borders, so I don't think that a single working class group in a certain socio-political entity can truly create communism. Correct me if I'm wrong.