In the UK, it seems like “trotskyist” is used pretty much the same way as “antifa” is here in the US. It’s a nebulous concept of some kind of sinister group of bad people who do bad things, and if anything bad happens, well, what do you know, looks like they were to blame.
trotskyist is a nebulous concept of some kind of sinister group of bad people who do bad things, and if anything bad happens, well, what do you know, looks like they were to blame.
Stalin shouting from the grave: NO THAT WAS MY IDEA, CPAITALIST PIGS!
I bet you one million dollars Rowling has zero fucking clue what a “Trotskyist” is.
In the UK, it seems like “trotskyist” is used pretty much the same way as “antifa” is here in the US. It’s a nebulous concept of some kind of sinister group of bad people who do bad things, and if anything bad happens, well, what do you know, looks like they were to blame.
Based on what I saw in the Labour leaks, it would seem “trot” is essentially used like “tankie” over there
Stalin shouting from the grave: NO THAT WAS MY IDEA, CPAITALIST PIGS!