Editing Trotskyism (section)

=== Capitalist or bourgeois-democratic revolution ===
Revolutions in Britain in the 17th century and in France in 1789 abolished feudalism and established the essential requisites for the development of capitalism. Trotsky argued that these revolutions would not be repeated in Russia.

In ''Results and Prospects'', written in 1906, Trotsky outlines his theory in detail, arguing: "History does not repeat itself. However much one may compare the Russian Revolution with the Great French Revolution, the former can never be transformed into a repetition of the latter."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Trotsky |first=Leon |url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1931/tpr/rp03.htm |title=Results and Prospects |date=1962 |publisher=New Park publications |pages=184 |author-link=Leon Trotsky |orig-date=1931 |via=[[Marxists Internet Archive]]}}</ref> In the [[French Revolution of 1789]], France experienced what Marxists called a "[[bourgeois-democratic revolution]]"—a regime was established wherein the bourgeoisie overthrew the existing French feudalistic system. The bourgeoisie then moved towards establishing a regime of democratic parliamentary institutions.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} However, while democratic rights were extended to the bourgeoisie, they were not generally extended to a universal franchise. The freedom for workers to organize unions or to strike was not achieved without considerable struggle.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}