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Originally Posted by elphenor
the fact that it had to be crushed by force, and that the major countries on BOTH sides of WW2 viewed what was happening in Spain as an existential threat, is a testament to them really being onto something imo
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I think they viewed the civil war in general as a potential flashpoint in ww2 not just that one small anarchist segment
As for had to be killed by force..
1) That would be a bit more convincing if they ruled over a sizable state for a substantial period of time... The fact that it didn't break down due to internal strife or mismanagement in the course of a couple years isn't really all that surprising.
2) If you rule out national security as a criteria of viability then you're missing a pretty vital part of the picture imo. Say what you will about the USSR but at the very least they weren't so blindly naive in this one regard.
Tldr they would've been onto something maybe if geopolitics didn't exist.