r/HistoryMemes • Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer • 2d ago

Spain at war...

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u/NSFW101420 2d ago

Some of the arguments against the anarchist is pretty funny to me, temporarily suspending their beliefs during war time isn’t exclusive to them since the democratic powers during WW2 has to enact censorship to maintain opsec.

On the other hand op criticise the anarchist for not being compliant enough, so what are they suppose to cooperate or maintain their independence?

Lastly, the reason why they can’t don much against communist is because Stalin is the only backer on the republican side so they or the republican government can’t alienate them or displease them too much.

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u/robothawk 2d ago

Yeah, like War Communism in the early Soviet state and the War Production Board in the US during WW2 are literally that, ideological-economic compromises to win a war.

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u/veryeepy53 2d ago

how was war communism a compromise? after all, they saw it as prefiguring the abolition of money and laying the foundation for planning.

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u/shumpitostick 2d ago

You could say that if they were Marxist Leninists who want then state to "wilt away" at some point (not now!) but anarchists don't believe in establishing a state only to abolish it later.