it really puts its finger on exactly why I struggle reading Trotsky. or Trotskyist articles, because they seem to have a doctrinal requirement that every 3rd paragraph they need to do what Lenin says but on Trotsky’s behalf, either that or shoe in a rant about STALINIST STALINITE STALINOID BUREAUCRACY removedD WORKERS STATE STALIN. I once read an article from a Trot org on Ukraine and they were talking about the (CIA-adjoined) SBU doing gestapo shit and made sure to pause to let us, the readers, know that THIS IS A LEGACY OF THE STALINIST BUREAUCRACY STALINIST NKVD yea ok buddy.
I also love the last Che quote “And also your friend trotsky, who existed and apparently wrote something” so catty lmao
I’ll be honest, but the only things I really know about Trotsky is the overall sentiment from Marxists. I do have some of his books that I may get to reading some day just to try and get a more well-rounded picture of everything but I can bet they will end up on the pile of Zizek and Bakunin. And yeah the Che quote slaps lol.
That second Lenin quote is fire lol.
it really puts its finger on exactly why I struggle reading Trotsky. or Trotskyist articles, because they seem to have a doctrinal requirement that every 3rd paragraph they need to do what Lenin says but on Trotsky’s behalf, either that or shoe in a rant about STALINIST STALINITE STALINOID BUREAUCRACY removedD WORKERS STATE STALIN. I once read an article from a Trot org on Ukraine and they were talking about the (CIA-adjoined) SBU doing gestapo shit and made sure to pause to let us, the readers, know that THIS IS A LEGACY OF THE STALINIST BUREAUCRACY STALINIST NKVD yea ok buddy.
I also love the last Che quote “And also your friend trotsky, who existed and apparently wrote something” so catty lmao
I’ll be honest, but the only things I really know about Trotsky is the overall sentiment from Marxists. I do have some of his books that I may get to reading some day just to try and get a more well-rounded picture of everything but I can bet they will end up on the pile of Zizek and Bakunin. And yeah the Che quote slaps lol.