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cliffite 

A “cliffite”, also known as a “Neo-Trotskyist” is a type of Trotskyist who follows the tradition of politics understood by Tony Cliff. This primarily includes the nature of the Soviet Union and other “socialist states” (Cuba, North Korea, etc.) to be state capitalist, not degenerated workers’ states as Leon Trotsky outlined in his book The Revolution Betrayed.
“Why does that socialist refer to the Soviet Union as state capitalist?”
“It’s because they’re a cliffite”
cliffite by BolshyBoi January 22, 2021