There seems to be some dispute as to whether the original Trotskyiteâ??that would be, um, Leon Trotskyâ??ever said, â??You may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you.â? One quotation-archaeologist, digging deeply, claims to have found the origins of Trotskyâ??s alleged bon mot in that unforgettable treatise, â??Petty-Bourgeois Moralists and the Proletarian Party;â? but, while this is Lent, excavating such rocky soil and farther would transform penance into masochism. So letâ??s just assume that Trotsky, as a good dialectical materialist, believed that there was no escape from history as it was being driven by â??the dialectic.â?
Or, to put it less dialectically-materialistically, you canâ??t duck some fights, try as you may.
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