In the UK, it seems like "trotskyist" is used pretty much the same way as "antifa" is here in the US. It's a nebulous concept of some kind of sinister group of bad people who do bad things, and if anything bad happens, well, what do you know, looks like they were to blame.
It's a good tactic because it make people considering join the left look up and join trot groups.
This is beneficial to the bourgeoisie because trots are really fucking bad at revolution. I would wager attacking everyone as a tankie is actually in fact creating more tankies.
I know an older fellow (think mid fifties) who was leafleting for Corbyn's Labour in 2017 and had random passersby call him a Trot. The joke's on them because he used to be a Trot and once visited Frida Kahlo's house in Mexico.
trotskyist is a nebulous concept of some kind of sinister group of bad people who do bad things, and if anything bad happens, well, what do you know, looks like they were to blame.
Stalin shouting from the grave: NO THAT WAS MY IDEA, CPAITALIST PIGS!
In the UK, it seems like "trotskyist" is used pretty much the same way as "antifa" is here in the US. It's a nebulous concept of some kind of sinister group of bad people who do bad things, and if anything bad happens, well, what do you know, looks like they were to blame.
Based on what I saw in the Labour leaks, it would seem "trot" is essentially used like "tankie" over there
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It's a good tactic because it make people considering join the left look up and join trot groups.
This is beneficial to the bourgeoisie because trots are really fucking bad at revolution. I would wager attacking everyone as a tankie is actually in fact creating more tankies.
I know an older fellow (think mid fifties) who was leafleting for Corbyn's Labour in 2017 and had random passersby call him a Trot. The joke's on them because he used to be a Trot and once visited Frida Kahlo's house in Mexico.
Stalin shouting from the grave: NO THAT WAS MY IDEA, CPAITALIST PIGS!