I thought not. It’s not a story the soviet politburo would tell you. It’s a Menshevik legend. Darth Trotsky was a Dark Lord of the revolution, so powerful and so wise he could use the proletariat to influence the politburo to split the party… He had such a knowledge of class dynamics that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of Marxism is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his blanquist cell, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his Western followers everything he knew, then the soviets killed him with an icepick. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.