Hold on a second are we saying that Trotsky wasn’t vital to the successful founding of the USSR now? Because as far as I know he absolutely was. Not debating the falsehood of the “it should’ve been Leon” narrative and it’s use as an anti-communist propaganda piece, but painting Trotsky as some weird outsider and not someone vital to the revolution’s success doesn’t sound right. Am I wrong here?
I'd agree with you. Trotsky was pretty instrumental as far as I know. I mean, I take Stalin's side in the Trotsky/Stalin debate, just to wear my biases on my sleeve, but I wouldn't consider Trotsky's contributions unimportant to the revolution.
Hold on a second are we saying that Trotsky wasn’t vital to the successful founding of the USSR now? Because as far as I know he absolutely was. Not debating the falsehood of the “it should’ve been Leon” narrative and it’s use as an anti-communist propaganda piece, but painting Trotsky as some weird outsider and not someone vital to the revolution’s success doesn’t sound right. Am I wrong here?
I'd agree with you. Trotsky was pretty instrumental as far as I know. I mean, I take Stalin's side in the Trotsky/Stalin debate, just to wear my biases on my sleeve, but I wouldn't consider Trotsky's contributions unimportant to the revolution.
I wasn't getting that, I think they're reacting to the myth built around Trotsky by the west afterwards
again not an expert from what I've absorbed Trotsky exercised good military leadership during the revolution