Why do people here really not like Trotskyists? Is it just because of his beef with Stalin and not an actual criticism of his views? Do people really not think a global movement would be superior for the betterment of all people?

Edit: Thank you to everyone who provided context and history, y’all are a wealth of knowledge.

  • Muad'DibberAEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I agree, his position was proven wrong both by hindsight, and common-sense at the time.

    • FanonFan [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Yes, but the point is wrong doesn’t mean insane or stupid, and it doesn’t serve any of us to engage with ideas with this kind of reddit-tier irony-poisoned otherizing.

      Like I sincerely hope self-described leftists can think in more complex ways than soyjak and chad, but over the last few months I’ve come to doubt that’s universally true on this site.

      • Muad'DibberAEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I don’t think many of us are engaging with Trotskyism in a shallow way in this post. We’re critiquing his Eurocentrism, wrong view of the peasantry being a reactionary class, and opposition to AES.

        I 100% agree that “dunk culture” and thought-terminating terms aren’t helpful, and we should elaborate why we think something is wrong.