[lbo-talk] Robert Frost Defends Robespierre, Lenin, Mao

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

This was discussed a lot in the other thread, I think a lot of that has to
do with the extremely dire circumstances they were placed under.  Famine,
war, isolation, threat of counter revolution and imperialist invasion.  I
agree with you--- and once Stalin was into the picture the Soviet experiment
was all but doomed, but I don't think that completely tarnishes Trotsky's
legacy per say.  Or maybe I just have ideological blinders on.