9k:RD/ Trotskyists misunderstand global empire (Q42,17)

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Trotskyists don't understand global empire
/ The reason Trotskyists bash Deng Xiaoping states and East Germany is that they don't understand global empire -> I think there's a pretty good case for this. you lay out what a Deng process is and it seems Trotskyists really don't get that. they are really against measures that happen to make countries actually independent from imperial powers and protect them from utterly being colonized. the bright side? this is a colonialism discourse I actually can stand. fine-scale neocolonialism and crude national independence are both things that make material sense, unlike the notion that prejudices in White people's heads are somehow colonialism.
Trotskyists don't understand global empire -> "Trotskyists don't get that" — Trotskyists don't like that would be a more accurate way to put it. one of the actual "characteristics" (assumptions) of Trotskyist parties is that they