V.I. Lenin said:
~LENIN
I do quite agree in your logic...but i must say I am somewhat at a loss of words being that you both advocate socialism in America. This is not going to happen comrades, not anytime soon. I believe if global revolution were to happen, America shall be the last country to fall. You cannot expect a leftist revolution to do anything to the Golden-boy of capitalism known as America. State socialism IS the first step towards that near-utopian idea known as communism, and while i have a bleak view of communism, i have an even bleaker one of anarchy. I've seen that anarchists wish to go from capitalism to anarchism with no steps in between. The sad fact is strong leaders will be needed and some sort of government is needed. And then, if all this DOES happen, as Lenin said "Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing"
Never fear, I have a little theory I've crafted, that I touched on earlier. The Democrats, once the protectors and guardians of the worker and farmer, now have all but turned their backs on the said groups. If one presently today cannot see the Labour and Democratic parties heading right, one is blind. The Labour party has now given up its quest for nationalization of the economy. The Democrats have already said that the era of big government is over. Roughly translated, without the pretty wording, that means that the old 'liberals' are now just as pro-capitalist, pro-business, as their right wing counterparts. There are, in the US an UK, no leftist parties in existence. One should know that to be pro-business is to be anti-labor, there is no difference between those stances. Therefore, educated Europeans and poor workers of the global south alike are, or atleast seem to be, quite hungry for change, for a stop to the rigors of capitalism, in short, for socialism. I don't know of the patriotic madness will ever stop blinding the American people, however, but throughout the world, I believe, ignorance is the only thing standing in the way of socialism. We in America must simply not be able to comprehend such horrors as poverty on the scale of that of the global south. Obviously a leftist power is needed to help these people. Reform parties have failed in there so-called mission to defend the poor and downtrotten, so now radicals must. Evolution in its finest sense. I propose that we unify the radical left, or the anti-capitalists, into a single international party. This may lead to the destruction of the weaker leftist parties and lead politicians, ever hungry for power, to adopt this party and its stance. It isn't pretty, but it is, or may be, a way to gain power. Power, that is what is really important. Once a seat of power is established, preferably a strong or wealthy one, not only can socialism take material form in the home country, but also the revolutionary movements abroad can be supported. This can lead possibly to world socialism and then to communism, which, by the way, may not seem so terribly utopian once we riggle free from the chains of capitalism. The USA seems the best fit given these descriptions of a preferable 'host country', shall we call it. But also most any country in western Europe would work (Spain or France would be likely, since both already have 'socialistic' governments in place). Again, not pretty, but it seems, to me anyway, more realistic than any military revolution in a rich capitalist country.