I'm eager to read an anarchist criticism on the following:
The ultimate problem in a revolution is the counterrevolution that inevitably rises. The counterrevolution that fights from the outside we already know how to deal with, or at least attempt to deal with. What we are currently arguing is how to combat the counterrevolution that attempts to infilitrate the revolutionary state, and the counterrevolution that rises within the state(revolutionaries who lose faith in the revolution). This internal counterrevolution is hard to deal with. Centralisation is more susceptible to cronyism than decentralisation, but we must also have a degree of meritocracy to deal with the external counterrevolution.
Thus, we need a balance between fighting the external counterrevolution, and the internal counterrevolution. The external one is fought with centralisation, while the internal one is fought with decentralisation.
Now, just as state power has been seized through a popular revolution, most of the working class celebrates the revolution. There is little to no opposition within the state, and the communist party. However, the capitalist countries are definetely opposed to you, and will support any rising counterrevolution with weaponry and supplies.
This capitalist reaction must be quelled as much as possible, and hopefully that will allow the revolution to spread. As the initial external opposition is more or less defeated, the ratio of internal problems to external problems will rise. For example capitalists joining the communist party, or former revolutionaries, still influenced by the extremely egoistical mindset of bourgeois society, realises that they can do good for future generation or good for themselves, elections will have to happen more often, in a way that progress can still be made, but nothing that counters progress will stand a chance to have significant effect. As the revolution grows, military power also increases, making the external counterrevolution less powerful.
However, this also means that if leaders corrupt, or the state is infiltrated, the opposition will have control of the military. Now, two things must be done to prevent this. One is to have more democracy, decreasing corruption, and the other is to keep the morale up within the military and society, this happens largely by itself, as scarcity decreases, but also requires a good education system. The ratio between external and internal constantly changes, but I think it is safe to say that decentralisation will be the main direction. Eventually there is no counterrevolution, and there will be no classes anymore, the state ceases to have any real function as scarcity is gone, and thus it has no role in either defense or planning. In
To recap, you have to balance fighting the internal and external counterrevolution, the internal counterrevolution is fought through increasing democracy and confidence in the revolution whereas the external counterrevolution is fought through fast decisionmaking and violence.
Please source or write some rebuttal or criticism of the above, or M-L in general, from an anarchist perspective. Eager to learn! Thank you.
EDIT: Wall of text made a little more pleasant to digest.
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