Prior to the Indonesian genocide of the 1960s, where the CIA installed a military dictatorship that the lives of millions, the country’s communist party technically did warn about the peril. The problem was that this warning had been made in a reactive way, and therefore wasn’t nearly enough to prepare the people to fight back.
Appreciate the time. An international proletariat and permanent revolution are things I feel strongly about, but it doesn't sound like I want to be associated with the name, even if I don't think these people are actually practicing Trotskyism.
All commies like an international proletariat and world revolution! The devil is in the details on how one wants to build a practicable movement to achieve it, and one with a solid base in both theory and material conditions. I would recommend that anyone reading Trotsky also read widely so as to have a solid ground for critique in many directions - and to compare how well theories from 100+ years ago bore out re: the history from which we can now all benefit in our analyses. One of the things that makes toxic Trots end up toxic is that they don't actually challenge themselves or leave their bubble. They only trust other Trots when it comes to international analysis, for example, which is why they're pretty much always wrong about Israel - they're getting all of their takes from like 7 trade unionists that are trying their best to wish a radical Israeli working class into existence.
Ruthless criticism of all that exists!
Yeah his stance on separation of the peasantry and the proletariat is kind of moot today, right?