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Writing a TL about a slightly unorthodox rise to power for Leon Trotsky

Wanted to know what has been overused or obvious pitfalls people have fallen into before I start writing
 
The ease of his assuming Stalin-like power and attempting world revolution. I just feel he would have been a tad more pragmatic as power would not have been centralized in him (no way he had the stomach to do what Josef did). As for multiple foreign wars, I doubt he wanted the entire world invading him in turn.
 
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