Why is Trotsky so hated? : communism101
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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.

  • NasgorTikusEnjoyer@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 years ago

    Trotskyism just doesn’t make any sense, in a plane you put your oxygen mask on first before helping others, if you put an oxygen mask on someone unconscious first before yourself, now you’re unconscious and can’t help anyone anymore. Same goes with prioritizing resources to your state first, and then helping revolutionaries abroad second.