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[kill_a_fascist]

My name's Michael and I think Trotsky is sooooooooo cool!

Comments

[i_spit_atrocity]

Trotsky's response to the anarchists excuse for their failure in Spain.

"They said "Exceptional" circumstances forced them into impossible choices."

and he said

"We have already heard from some anarchist theoreticians that at the time of such "exceptional" circumstances as war and revolution, it is necessary to renounce the principles of one's own program. Such revolutionists bear a close resemblance to raincoats that leak when it rains, i.e., in "exceptional" circumstances, but during dry weather they remain waterproof with complete success."

[jordanthesinwat]

ha awesomse.

[kill_a_fascist]

In all fairness, the circumstances in Russia forced the Bolsheviks into some impossible choices as well. The NEP comes to mind as an example for a renunciation of the principles of their program.