Viki makes the argument that it’s basically the same as Leninism. Is it just because he hated Stalin?

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Trotskyites should have reconciled with the ML movement after the death of Stalin. The fact that they haven't gives me ~weird vibes~. I don't know how else to explain it.

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      4 years ago

      That's the big issue I still see with Trots, their core theory doesn't deviate that much but theres still absurd amounts of old divisions and hostility, like I was part of a trot group for about 6 months and while just out having a drink they would do mini rants about how Stalin was barely literate and an awful speaker and thats why Trotsky should have been leader and shit like that.

      • NotARobot [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Trotsky was the most qualified candidate for General Secretary in the history of the Soviet Union!

        • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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          4 years ago

          Its so bizarre as well cause IIRC when Stalins personal library was looked through there was a total of 20,000 books spread around several locations and many with heavy annotations so the idea that Stalin was somehow less intelligent or merely more "politically shrewd/intelligent" than Trotsky just sounds like a huge cope.