Could a Spartacist Germany have avoided defaulting on War Reparations?

[Yelnoc]

Assume that the Spartacist Revolt during the 1918-19 Revolution succeeds, ushering in a Soviet (Räte) Republic into Germany. Assume that the government is dedicated to paying off the debt, and that it centralizes and nationalizes the economy, devoting coal and steel reparations exports. Can this government avoid defaulting to the triple entente, and thus prevent the occupation of Ruhr? If not, how much longer can they stave it off for (or will bankruptcy come quicker)?

How does this effect Germany itself? Does exporting more coal and steel really hurt the German people? Might we see a more prolonged Depression in 1920-21?

 

[MAlexMatt]

This will not end well.

Your question is, essentially, "Can a nationalized Soviet economy in an already industrialized country outperform that same economy which was historically more free market?"

I'll just say 'No', or rather, 'Not without sacrificing a great man other things'.

Not to mention that I have some doubts as to whether a Sparacist Germany is going to try so hard to integrate itself into the existing international system.

 

[Enigmajones]

How exactly do the Spartacists take over Germany?

 

[Yelnoc]

How exactly do the Spartacists take over Germany?

I have a vague picture of the Sailor's Division that held the government hostage during Christmas deciding to eliminate said government, and in coordination with other revolutionary groups (the Spartacists being the only name that comes to mind) defeat the army (what portions choose to fight) and establish a socialist government (Räte Republic; if you can think of a better name, shoot.

@MAlexMatt: did I say a bad thing?

 

[Enigmajones]

I have a vague picture of the Sailor's Division that held the government hostage during Christmas deciding to eliminate said government, and in coordination with other revolutionary groups (the Spartacists being the only name that comes to mind) defeat the army (what portions choose to fight) and establish a socialist government (Räte Republic; if you can think of a better name, shoot.

@MAlexMatt: did I say a bad thing?

I just see so many holes in that idea. Sorry, but the Freikorps are going to have a field day.

 

[azander12]

I have a vague picture of the Sailor's Division that held the government hostage during Christmas deciding to eliminate said government, and in coordination with other revolutionary groups (the Spartacists being the only name that comes to mind) defeat the army (what portions choose to fight) and establish a socialist government (Räte Republic; if you can think of a better name, shoot.

@MAlexMatt: did I say a bad thing?

How about "Deutsches Volk-Republik" (German People's Republic) or "Deutsches Volkstaat" (German People's State)? That might make sense, especially if elements of left-nationalist movements (the eventual socialists of the National Socialists) end up supporting the Communists as the only alternative to a Junker dictatorship.