I’m not trotskyist; the idea of a permanent revolution is impossible. A revolution (or sudden change) can’t exist forever.
From my few seconds of searching (mostly Britannica lmao): Trotskyism is hated because the creator, Leon Trotsky, had called for more freedom (in the form of democracy); but freedom would allow the bourgeoisie to take back control. (I agree with this view; freedom would just result in the bourgeoisie taking back control.)
Stalin exiled Trotsky, so Trotsky escaped to Germany and betrayed the Soviet Union by calling it a Bonapartist.
Also trotskyists apparently called for a “United Front”.
- On top of that, trotskyists were only allied in defeating the bourgeois. Parties that are only allied to accomplish their goals are the most dangerous, as Marx had written (somewhere, but I forgot).
I think I’m getting the gist of why Trotskyism is hated; but I feel like I need more answers.
EDIT: I found an r/communism101 post about this same topic.
Socialism in one country wasn’t a hoarding of socialism in the USSR, as many mistake it to be. Rather, it’s the idea that the USSR needed to build up its resources, industrialize, and become an economic powerhouse so it could export the revolution to places with the proper material conditions. The USSR supported revolutions across the globe, including revolutionary movements in the US.