Communism101

Trotskyists generally believe in permanent revolution and dictatorship of the proletariat alone instead of a dictatorship of the proletariat and peasantry, which both come from Trotsky. Trotsky called the USSR a "degenerated workers' state" which meant it still had a socialist economy but the state did not represent the workers. Some modern Trotskyists still follow this but others consider the USSR and modern socialist countries like Cuba and the DPRK to be state capitalist and then often abandon Marxism entirely (the Trotskyist to neocon pipeline followed by Tony Blair and others). Trotsky also wanted rapid collectivization and to continue war communism after the civil war but Trotskyists then criticize Stalin for collectivizing agriculture. There are also Marcyists who originated out of Trotskyism but are now fully pro-AES and essentially align with MLs on most issues.