Responding To AltHistoryHub's "What if Trotsky Came To Power Instead Of Stalin?"
Channel: InDefenseOfToucans
Date: 2020-10-22

AltHistoryHub's new video on Trotsky while I think it is better then the previous still makes a lot of errors that I wanted to correct, so I wanted to evaluate them and respond to what I feel is wrong with sources

You should watch their video first which can be found at this link. 
https://youtu.be/o6T7tzrriUk

My script which has my work cited and page numbers for my claims can be found here
https://indefenseoftoucans.gitlab.io/2020/10/22/althistoryhubresponse.html


Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:00 Could Trotsky have really taken power?
8:30 The Testament and Lenin having no disagreements with Stalin, and Lenin's verbal support of Trotsky
9:15 Monopoly on foreign trade
11:50 Georgian Affair
15:40 Lenin and Stalin disagreements Conclusion
16:05 Trotsky's influence from the Cypher guy
17:50 Finland
19:15 Georgia
20:00 Poland
22:10 Ukraine
27:20 Baltic States
27:42 Estonia
28:04 Latvia
28:28 Lithuania
28:55 Baltic States Conclusion
29:04 Armenia
29:22 Kazakhstan
29:59 Azerbaijan
30:30 So How is Trotsky an Extremeist? 
31:15 Trotsky and the Terror
34:08 Trotsky's In Charge
34:43 Trotsky's Use of Experts
35:44 Gulags
36:30 Holodomor and the Kulaks
40:10 Trade with Capitalist Nations
40:44 He Agreed with the Goals but not the methods
41:17 Trotsky In charge and WW2
42:13 Bad Military Choices Poland
42:45 Trotsky's Legacy
43:20 Trotskyist's created Neo-Conservatism
45:40 Conclusion