Question by Noel Babu: What does trotsky mean when he mentions liberalism?
Trotsky often describes liberalism in a very hostile manner. He mentions that the Social Democrats should fight against liberalism for a proletariat revolution.
Does he mean liberalism in the classical sense like libertarians?
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Answer by Spellbound
He is hostile to Classic liberalism, and libertarianism, as they were associated with Imperialist (especially British Imperialist) policies.
In Russia the Kadet Party was liberal, it supported the Tsar, was largely drawn from the middle classes and was for a gradual transformation of Autocratic, feudal Russia into a modern, constitutional and capitalist country. It is against this party, and other similar, and smaller, parties that he is hostile to.
He certainly does not mean the liberalism that American shock Jocks are so against.
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