Leon Trotsky's Theory of the Degenerated Workers State Explained
Channel: InDefenseOfToucans
Date: 2021-03-28

Trotsky's Degenerated Workers state theory is often misunderstood, and even Trotskyists do it a disservice often and oversimplify it. This is my attempt to give my best attempt at a short explanation that does not strip the theory of any major components. 

You however should go read Trotsky's work's on it if you want to understand it in full, these two I think are a great start. In Defense Of Marxism I think is also a good place it is a collection of letters and articles Trotsky wrote when debating Schatman and others. It is also where the name of my channel comes from. 

The Revolution Betrayed
https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1936/revbet/
The USSR in War
https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1939/09/ussr-war.htm