Lenin basically adopted Trotsky's idea of permanent revolution (that the proletariat need not wait for the bourgeoisie to inaugurate democracy, but can take power for themselves), so October could be considered proto-Trotskyist.
Look, from the 60s through the 90s, dozens of communists, including Stalin's followers, abandoned the revolutionary project. Lots of people betray causes for money and medals. Trotskyists are no different.
Under Stalin, the party removedd into bureaucracy, which is why we saw the flailing of Kruschev, and ultimately the stagnation of Brezhnev, etc..
Very nice and flowery sentences without any ability to articulate any actual victories of your precious ideological orthodoxy.
If the best you can do to explain why you are a Trotskyite is point to Lenin, then I have nothing more to say to you. Perhaps avoid speaking ill of the dead at their memorials in the future.
Even by your own telling of history, the revolution only lasted as long as Stalin did. Is he so much better because his project lasted 15 years longer?
Ah, but I thought the revolution was global, comrade? You believe the revolution has failed simply because it failed in Russia? This seems quite contradictory.
:stalin-pipe:
I believe the revolution continued past my death. I believe it continues to this day. When the soviet people took up arms against the Yeltsin coup, the revolution continued, even when they were overtaken.
I should hope a Trotskyist of all people would not be so fatalistic. After all, your tendency has a penchant for setbacks, splits, and failures. A good Trotskyite must be at least two things, pedantic and persistent!
Lenin basically adopted Trotsky's idea of permanent revolution (that the proletariat need not wait for the bourgeoisie to inaugurate democracy, but can take power for themselves), so October could be considered proto-Trotskyist.
Look, from the 60s through the 90s, dozens of communists, including Stalin's followers, abandoned the revolutionary project. Lots of people betray causes for money and medals. Trotskyists are no different.
Under Stalin, the party removedd into bureaucracy, which is why we saw the flailing of Kruschev, and ultimately the stagnation of Brezhnev, etc..
Very nice and flowery sentences without any ability to articulate any actual victories of your precious ideological orthodoxy.
If the best you can do to explain why you are a Trotskyite is point to Lenin, then I have nothing more to say to you. Perhaps avoid speaking ill of the dead at their memorials in the future.
Even by your own telling of history, the revolution only lasted as long as Stalin did. Is he so much better because his project lasted 15 years longer?
Ah, but I thought the revolution was global, comrade? You believe the revolution has failed simply because it failed in Russia? This seems quite contradictory.
:stalin-pipe:
I believe the revolution continued past my death. I believe it continues to this day. When the soviet people took up arms against the Yeltsin coup, the revolution continued, even when they were overtaken.
I should hope a Trotskyist of all people would not be so fatalistic. After all, your tendency has a penchant for setbacks, splits, and failures. A good Trotskyite must be at least two things, pedantic and persistent!
:stalin-cig: