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.
I think you might be confusing pragmatism with opportunism. Lenin certainly had a vision for the future.
That visiin may have died with him.
Not really… There were clearly counter-revolutionary elements in the party (cornman, etc.), but Stalin continued Lenin’s ideas (as far as I can tell)