@muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml pretty much covered most of the theoretical problems with Trotskyism, so I won’t delve into that. What I care about more is just the fact that Trotskyism is just irreverent. There has never been a Trot revolution. Trots pretty much only exist in the Western world where socialism hasn’t taken hold to any major degree (unfortunately). What bothers me the most is that Trots don’t support any of the current socialist states, or even the USSR. They are dogmantic idealists, and the only reason anyone knows they exist is because they go to every rally and try to sell you their crappy newspapers. Kshama Sawant is kind of cool though.
Slight add (maybe it’s a correction? idk) The two places you’re most likely to find trots are in the west, but there’s also a heckin’ chonker of a trot movement in South and Central America. And those Trots in S&CA often directly aid agitation of the masses and support communist movements. One of the more popular SA trots (in the west) is Posadas. But there’s a bunch of others.
Mexico has a decent Trot movement, which I hear is more popular than Marxism-Leninism, but it seems only because Trotsky was assassinated there. I haven’t heard much else about leftism in Mexico though (other than the Zapatistas) and I wouldn’t be surprised if what I’ve been told about trots there is false, to grain of salt this bit.
@muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml pretty much covered most of the theoretical problems with Trotskyism, so I won’t delve into that. What I care about more is just the fact that Trotskyism is just irreverent. There has never been a Trot revolution. Trots pretty much only exist in the Western world where socialism hasn’t taken hold to any major degree (unfortunately). What bothers me the most is that Trots don’t support any of the current socialist states, or even the USSR. They are dogmantic idealists, and the only reason anyone knows they exist is because they go to every rally and try to sell you their crappy newspapers. Kshama Sawant is kind of cool though.
Slight add (maybe it’s a correction? idk) The two places you’re most likely to find trots are in the west, but there’s also a heckin’ chonker of a trot movement in South and Central America. And those Trots in S&CA often directly aid agitation of the masses and support communist movements. One of the more popular SA trots (in the west) is Posadas. But there’s a bunch of others.
Mexico has a decent Trot movement, which I hear is more popular than Marxism-Leninism, but it seems only because Trotsky was assassinated there. I haven’t heard much else about leftism in Mexico though (other than the Zapatistas) and I wouldn’t be surprised if what I’ve been told about trots there is false, to grain of salt this bit.