LoL @ U

Instead of reading HN you should watch Fox News. No quotes of stupid ppl like Lenin and Trotsky there...

If Lenin had said "the internet will cause great cultural and geopolitical change" would you scoff and ignore him because you think of him as a bad person? Of course not.

The same applies to Trotsky, if you read that wiki page you will see Trotsky's idea is actually pretty damn good.

¨Leon Trotsky, of all people¨

He is obviously expressing surprise at who it was. Just because the person may have not been a role model or the brightest person in general, however, does not mean all of their ideas must be thrown out. If you disregarded the ideas of anyone who believed or did something you disagreed with, you´d only have yourself to look at.

Since we're off topic anyway, here's my favorite Trotsky quote: "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you".