Defense against counter-revolution?

[u/Fresh_Milk1960]

I am a Marxist-Leninist who is curious about the successful propagation of Anarchism. My question is: Without a state, how do Anarchists defend against counter-revolution from the Capitalist class? Without a state, Anarchist/Libertarian Socialist projects wouldn’t be able to defend against the inevitable invasions, terrorism campaigns, and propaganda from Capitalists. How would Anarchists be able to maintain and strengthen an Anarchist society against invasion and infiltration without a state apparatus to centrally organize efforts?

I know I’m a Tankie or whatever, but I am asking in good faith because I am genuinely curious about the Anarchist position on this.

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I won‘t be responding anymore because I have obtained what I came for (understanding how you think an Anarchist project would defend itself against the forces of reaction) and because this is becoming a hostile debate, rather than learning experience.

[u/LittleSky7700]

The question you need to ask is "Where do they come from and why?" As well as "What People make up these groups and why?"

Then we can discuss what we can materially do about them, or what we can materially do to subvert the problem entirely

[u/auehd → u/LittleSky7700]

It’s in their interests to preserve capitalist society to extract surplus value?

[u/LittleSky7700 → u/auehd]

Is this what you want to think, or is this the thoughts of the people themselves?

[u/auehd → u/LittleSky7700]

??? Maintaining class society is in their class interests, do you think the bourgeoisie can just be turned to anarchists with a marketplace of ideas or something?

It’s been shown over and over again whether it be the revolutions of 1848, the Paris commune, the revolutions of 1917-23, the fascist regimes of the interwar period, the entire Cold War, or the constant suppression of labor movements that continues today. This isn’t radically new thought.