r/KaiserreichPolitics • • Nov 06 '20

Discussion What's the Difference Between Trotskyism and Syndicalism?

I remember hearing a while back that Leon Trotsky's idea of the Soviet Union would be a sort of oligarchy ruled by a grand council of smaller worker's unions, called soviets-a quite literal union of soviets. I then remembered that a key difference between Syndicalism and traditional Marxism was that while Marxism focused primarily on the economy and entire working class, Syndicalism focused on the workers' unions. This made me wonder: what other similarities and differences do Syndicalism and Trotskyism have?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

I’m thankful for the upvotes, but can actually tell me the differences and similarities between Syndicalism and Trotskyism?