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> Trotsky could write whatever he wanted, but gradual collectivization and
> "enticing" (I would love to see what Russian word that is translating) the
> peasantry is not going to work on a short time frame, which is what the
> Soviets thought they had (which turned out to be true).
Yeah. Stalin publicly criticized collectivization for being implemented too brutally too.
> (Collecivization actually hurt Soviet agriculture, but neither Trotsky or
> Stalin knew that was going to happen.)
Well, it reduced agricultural output. And it moved a lot of people from the countryside to the cities, which was the whole point.