I met some who were very nice, seemed very rational, didn’t even come off as “culty” as their particular Trot party is “known” to be. I mean, yeah, ideologically they’re not quite right, but like, more people working against capitalism, who at least understand and agree with what Lenin said, is a good thing, right? Sectarianism is silly and left unity between Marxist tendencies is important to get to the point of revolution and then sorting out our differences, right?
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Haha, yeah. They all do it. I don’t think I have ever talked to a Trot who wasn’t selling newspapers. I haven’t used that exact line, but I have absolutely dealt with Trots that would drop it and answer my questions about their viewpoints, only to, a few questions and answers later, once again try to convince me to buy a newspaper. I think some Trot parties exist just to run and peddle a newspaper. I swear, they are not serious communists, they’re newspaper salesmen! Like the kids that the papers hired back in the 19th and early 20th centuries to stand on street corners and shout “Extra! Extra!” and try to sell the papers! Which tracks, since they’re so bloody stuck in 1917.
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