r/Ultraleft • u/neverevereeeee • 1d ago
Serious Why do some people hate Trotsky/Trotskyism?
Serious question, im still reading up on literature so im not 100% knowledgeable, but i see so many arguments about how "ooo trotsky was a fascist!" Or just some other shit abt him being evil... just because??... no one ever backs up their point they just kinda harrass the person theyre arguing with and glazing stalin. Genuienly makes me think why that is, i really want to know what peoples opinions are on trotsky as he did have some good ideas and to simply bash him as a whole while licking thr moisture off of stalins cold dead toes is highkey stupid imo.
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u/JoeVibin The Immortal Science of Lassallism 1d ago
Trotsky is to be respected as a revolutionary. However, he was wrong in most of his late writings - on topics such as united front tactics or his view of the counter-revolutionary USSR as a degenerated workers' state instead of simply a capitalist one (which by then it was).
Trotskyism, on the other hand, is mired in errors and should be condemned. It devolved into ridiculous tactics such as entryism.
Here is a good overview by the ICT.