This led him to accuse supporters of Stalin as being "worms who crawl from the upturned soil of the manured revolution." ... Trotsky was true to the Marxist doctrine by insisting that revolution must be permanent and spread across the world. ... Stalin suggested that Bolshevism should remain only in Russia, that Russia could save itself. With this argument Stalin evoked massive national pride, he showed himself to be the saviour of the Russian people, whilst Trotsky appeared anti-Russian. ... By disregarding Marx and Lenin, Stalin was able to disgrace Trotsky in the eyes of the Russian people,...

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