The Revolution in Germany: A Study Including Separate Essays Entitled, That Dictatorship of the Proletariat, and the Socialism and the Constituent Assembly in Germany (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The disappearance of fear and aversion to us in political circles of course brings political elements into our ranks. As long as this takes place on a small scale it_ causes no apprehension because the political elements are outnumbered by the proletarian elements and are gradually assimilated. But it is a different thing if the political elements in the party become so numerous and influential that their assimilation becomes difficult and even the danger arises' that the proletarian socialist element will be crowded to the r.ear This danger of politicalization threatens the German Social Democracy from two sources on account of the backward ness of our bourgeoisie First, the democratic elements of the bourgeoisie, which find no political satisfaction in their own class, flow to us in greater numbers than 111 countries with a normally developed bourgeoisie; second, the bureaucratic, though capitalistic, spirit of our governments tends to wards a state socialism which, in fact, is only state capitalism, but which is dazzling and misleading for those who are easily deceived by external similarities and catch words. The German, 01 more accurately the Prus sian, state socialism whose ideal is a military, landlord and police state, hates democracy above everything else.

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