>>2621974>wonIf your standard of "winning" amounts to small-scale co-operative production in third world countries, then yes, they've won.
But by any other metrics they have not won. They haven't managed to form any coherent state on the world scene, and have extremely limited power. If Turkey wanted to invade Rojava for instance, it would be over in a week.
To that end, I actually think that leftcom can be adapted to semi-feudal third world countries with destabilized regimes. The reality is that any state that consolidates after a non-capitalist revolution in these kinds of conditions will inherently face massive opposition and counterrevolution. The perfect example of this is probably Nicaragua. To that end, when the state is failing, socialist production from the grounds up is probably a good way to escape the cycle of failed revolutions (revolution -> embargoes & mismanagement -> paranoia & failing economy -> dictatorship).
However, the reality is that these kind of co-operative socialist movement are inadapted for 1st and 2nd world countries where the state has a minimum of power and where the economy is already developed to an extent.
>Leninist states like the Soviet Union and PRC have, in terms of material reality, rather than stated ideology, not only failed to achieve classless, stateless societiesThey failed because of a lack of democratic accountability, not because leninism is inherently bureaucratic.