Stalin

evelopment. Since the dispute for Lenin's position was between these two men, Stalin had to get rid of Trotsky. "Stalin often denounced the leftist program as "irresponsible adventurism" that would undermine the Leninist principle of worker-peasant alliance. The reason for this tactical support of the right was that Stalin needed Bukharin's backing in the struggle against Trotsky" (Dziewanowsky 174). Once in a different party, he could "legally" use his influences to end with what he considered a threat to his power. With Trotsky exiled from society, he switched party once more returning to the left. If he followed the right opposition he wouldn't be able to crush the peasants. He then strived to destroy the rights so that he could become an absolute ruler, proving to be power hungry.
             Stalin wanted to consolidate power only to him. Ironically, he preached for something he seemed not to believe in but he pretended to trust such belief in order to gain domination and full power. When being a member of the Right Party he preached for a slower industrialization, but when he switched back to the Leftists, he wanted to industrialize quickly and meet goals far higher than Trotsky's. His main goal was to transform Russia into a socialist state and in order to do this he believed Russia had to industrialize and catch up wi
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