Michael Z
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« on: August 19, 2006, 06:54:31 PM » |
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« edited: August 19, 2006, 06:56:13 PM by Michael Z »
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Ssshh! Be careful Cosmo Kramer doesn't catch you. I mean, you haven't outlined a realistic scenario where Trotsky won. Tsk, tsk.
In any case, it's quite likely Soviet Russia would have fallen to the Nazis in WW2. While Trotsky was arguably more benevolent than Stalin, it was precisely Stalin's psychotic ruthlessness that contributed to the Red Army turning the tide at the eastern Front. When the RA was defending Moscow, Stalin basically ordered anyone who refused to fight to be shot immediately. I doubt Trotsky would have done likewise. But then I guess that's neither here nor there.
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