Shachtmanites believe that the Stalinist rulers of Communist countries are a new (ruling) class, distinct from the workers; therefore, they go beyond Trotsky's description of Stalinist Russia as being a "degenerated workers' state".
The Stalinist rulers of Communist countries are a new (ruling) class. This is what shachtmanites believe, distinct from the workers. They go beyond Trotsky's description of Stalinist Russia as being a "degenerated workers' state". This was therefore.