Portrait of Leon Trotsky
From history

Leon Trotsky

Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army

Helped lead the 1917 October Revolution and built the Red Army, then lost a power struggle with Stalin. He was exiled and assassinated in Mexico in 1940.

Leon Trotsky sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly globalist on nation and strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Leon Trotsky sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Leon Trotsky

Vladimir Lenin Head of the Soviet government, 1917 to 192483%Kwame Nkrumah Leader of Ghana, 1957 to 196671%Mao Zedong Chairman of the Communist Party of China, 1943 to 197654%Patrice Lumumba Prime Minister of the Congo, 196052%Franklin D. Roosevelt US President, 1933 to 194551%Josip Broz Tito Leader of Yugoslavia, 1945 to 198048%

Leaders furthest from Leon Trotsky

António de Oliveira Salazar Prime Minister of Portugal, 1932 to 19683%Augusto Pinochet Ruler of Chile, 1973 to 19904%Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement5%

Political views closest to Leon Trotsky

TrotskyismA Marxist current that backs world revolution and workers' democracy and opposes…86%Marxism-LeninismAims at a classless society through revolution and a single party ruling on behalf of…77%Council communismArgues that workers' councils should run society directly and rejects both vanguard…61%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.