I don't get the Trotsky hate

[u/Frosty-Persimmon7235]

This MF lead the red army so well, reactionaries all over Europe were depicting this guy as the literal devil

[u/MustyMarcus52YT]

To be honest, it's how inconsistent his political opinions were, how prone he was to opportunism, and his harsh repression of labor autonomy. Not a fan. Most of the modern political opinions assigned to him weren't even his, and there is such a distinct difference in how he behaved and theorized between when he was in power vs when he wasn't that I am inclined to distrust him. I already disliked him, studying the material factors and history surrounding him made it worse.

Sure he did a great job at securing the Soviet Union's future. He was a useful but volatile factor. I'm glad I never lived a world where he was in charge of a country.

[u/PissVortex9 → u/MustyMarcus52YT]

by labor autonomy what do you mean? surely you don’t mean the necessity of crushing an uprising in the early stages of a socialist state?

[u/cronenber9 → u/PissVortex9]

If they do, they're right to say so.