Impact of the Democratic primaries: MS Now has been cutting back and forth to this bland-looking chart comparing democratic socialism to communism
Trotsky was an opportunist who quickly flipped to whatever position was expedient. He was in both the right and left oppositions, back and forth. He was whatever he needed to be. He was a Menshevik when they looked the strongest and swapped to the Bolsheviks when the wind blew the other way. It’s why Lenin never trusted him.