User:RD/9k/ an atheist to Trotskyism (Q28,96)

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an atheist to Trotskyism (in reference to such phrases as "an atheist to fairies" and "an atheist to Santa Claus") / a-trotskyism (atheism, but for Trotskyism) / the Trotsky delusion (motif) -> the motif that just like giving up religion can greatly change a person's view of the world and possibly open up the ability for much greater understanding of some things, giving up the central principles of Trotskyism which are unique to it and do not include the principles of mainstream Marxism-Leninism brings almost as great a change in the understanding of anything and everything in the social world. this motif is not meant to be anticommunism. it is specifically meant to be about the material claims of realizing Trotskyism, such as that 15+ countries will all fire off at once, and the task of slowly replacing these claims with material claims that are actually correct.
The God Delusion + Trotskyism = this.
Trotskyism is my favorite fairytale -> the motif of thinking that Trotskyism is false and yet it is absolutely great fantasy worldbuilding. this motif arguably showed up in The Giver, even if it was done in a halfway negative tone.