After writing a "utopian" post-WW1 with "Trotsky Succeeds Lenin" I thought for balance I would craft a "dystopian" version stemming from the German Revolution (prompted by Nik's comments on no atomic weapons in (Trotskyite USSR)).
- You use here the assumption that the German were the same kind of Communist as the Sovjet. People like Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were a lot more 'European' then a Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin. A Socialist German State led by Liebknecht, Luxemburg etc. would more probably become a real Raterepublik (village/workers/soldier-counciles -> citycounciles -> statecounciles -> nationalpeoplescouncile) not a One-party state but a people state. At least in the time Liebknecht and Luxemburg and ideolical friends would be alive. I did some reading about this topic because i find it very interresting. In my opinion a German Raterepublik would probably have a good relation with the USSR and will inflounce them (remember that Germany in resources is wealthier then the USSR). When Stalin would become leader of the USSR the relation between Germany and the USSR would probably become something like the USSR-China relations, for the western world the same ideoligy (allthough a lot diffrent) but on diffucult relations with each other.
- A succeded Spartakus-revolution would sure change Europe, but in my opinion not in the way he portraited it.--H2o-s 07:27, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- I agree that the Germans would be the more "mature" partner among the socialist states and even more democratic. But I also think that the Russian Revolution and the Soviet state would have its own influence on the Germans. In both states, there were civil wars that pitted left-revolutionaries against left-centrists (as well as militarists and liberals and right wingers). In Russia, that civil war moved the Bolsheviks toward one-party rule and I think the same thing could have happened in Germany.
Adoption request[]
Hello, I'm planning to adopt this timeline, As i want to expand upon certain sections. Cheers! Koopinator3 (talk) 16:17, February 16, 2018 (UTC)