Hinge Points Episode 1: Social Democratic Party Poopers
Chapo Trap House
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The Beginning of World War One
The social democratic party of germany, one of the most august socialist parties in the world, is models for all the other ones. The s p d abandons its commitment to international class struggle and hopes that the german working classes would allie with other national working classes to prevent first world war. And so you could view the beginning of world war one as this sort of cleansing moment. It really reminds me of our own error, where people are essentially looking for something meaningful,. they're fighting anti fascism and all those things.
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