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  • the original “permanent revolution” as put forward by marx and engels was what you described. a permanent struggle against bourgeois infiltration, which has always held true.

    Trotsky’s “permanent revolution” was the idea that the proletariat couldn’t rely on any other classes. Specifically, trotsky denied the revolutionary potential of the peasantry. he then argued that before socialism can be built, the revolution has to be spread. Preferably in a spontaneous, global revolution.

    this was stupid so he got ice axed