You know what, I think you are right. I don’t know any Trots personally but there are plenty of them out there IRL that are cool and good (Michael Hudson and China Mieville come to mind). I’ve also read individual Trots as they often have good article and essays. They run the world’s best website, marxists.org; and IIRC they keep International Publishers going.

I feel similar about leftcoms (doubt we have any here, either). Dunk on some takes they might have, maybe allow for ACTUAL, thoughtful critique of positions, too. But no uncharitable generalizations.

I would love the rule to be that there’s no ripping on any genuine leftist movement in general, only ripping on specific takes by individuals.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (36 children)

Yeah this site is kinda weird about trots. I know trots that do way more than anarchists and have better takes and vice versa. Most ML's I know are armchair socialists but that's not reason to dunk on every ML.

Some people on here think that there's some specific tendency that, if they subscribe to, will push the socialism button.

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