Reformist Marxism, also called Evolutionary Socialism,[1] Marxist Social Democracy[2], Classical Social Democracy, or Bernsteinism is a type of 
Marxism which seeks to achieve 
communism through the use of 
democratic means. Reformist Marxism is the precursor of modern 
Democratic Socialism 
and 
Social Democracy.[3] Reformist Marxism today is practiced by the 
Japanese Communist Party.[4]
History
Germany
Reformist Marxism has it's origins in the writings of Eduard Bernstein, who, while identifying with Marxism, felt that there were significant errors in Marx's writing, and often criticized significant parts of Marxist theory such as the idea of revolution to achieve a socialist society. His work would prove influential to later Marxist revisionists and what would later come to be known as Social Democracy.
Japan 
Japanese Communism is an ideology based off of the Japanese Communist Party. It is a form of 
Marxism with major influences from Democratic Socialism and a strong opposition to 
American interventionism in Japan and a focus on maintaining Japan's national sovereignty.
Doctrine
W.I.P.
How to Draw
To represent Reformist Marxism the polcompball community uses a variant of the Social Democracy design. With the white rose on the red background replaced with a gold rose on a red background, as to evoke communism.
- Draw a ball
- Fill it with red
- Draw a golden rose in the middle
- Add eyes and you're done!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | #CD0000 | 205, 0, 0 | |
| Gold | #FFD800 | 255, 216, 0 | |
Relations
Friends
Democratic Socialism 
- Follows in my footsteps quite nicely but he can be a bit TOO utopian, even for me.
Eurocommunism - He gets me.
Anti-Authoritarianism - My great son who hates authoritarianism like me.
Left-Wing Nationalism - Yes, you can show your national pride without being an 
expansionist militaristic 
prick.
Frenemies
Social Democracy - Son, what do you mean you just want restrained capitalism? Still much better than your 
failed child though.
Marxism - You call yourself 'scientific' yet you oppose me for revising your theories. Don't you understand revision is the basis of science?
Libertarian Marxism - He goes on about how "the working class cannot use the existing state machinery to establish communism".- Imperialism - Bringing civilization and progress to backwards non-class-conscious peoples is based... but can you actually uplift and enlighten them instead of just exploiting them?
- File:Adam Something.png Adam Something - It's nice to see that you like me and all, but why do you sympathize with
those pricks so much? Like jeez and people act like I'm too moderate for my own good.
Enemies
Luxemburgism - STOP BULLYING ME!
Bismarckism - Got some right ideas, but I'll never forgive you for trying to suppress my party.
Showa-era Dictatorship - A bloodthirsty merciless conqueror, and a bloody hypocrite to boot!
Anti-Japaneseism - Believe it or not you can denounce Japanese imperialism without this insane racial self-hatred. Seriously, you're not well.
Anarcho-Communism - You're just a bomb-throwing utopian, who thinks you can build socialism by destroying the only institution that can provide it.
Leninism - You claim to hate anarchists, yet your idea of destroying the bourgeois state is no different from them.
Trotskyism - You too, but you're worse than him because you're basically a red Neocon. Also screw permanent revolution.
Stalinism - F*ck off, Tankie!
Maoism - Your "cultural revolution" was nothing more than pure genocidal insanity!
Marxism-Leninism - Are you not just Tankie again? Also I'll never forgive you for what you did to Czechoslovakia!
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism - You too!- Third Way - I don't even recognize my own party anymore.
Left Communism - You hated the United Front for bringing me in, you like authoritarianism, you hate revisionism, and your entire ideology revolves around a proletarian revolution. You're literally Leninism but worse!
Dengism - Communist in name only! Treatment of Hong kong and Uyghurs have NOTHING to do with socialism!- Neoconservatism - I just wish you'd finally stop that militarization and leave Okinawa.
Further Information
Literature
Wikipedia
- Eduard Bernstein
- Revisionist Marxism
- Reformist Socialism
- History of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Japanese Communist Party
- French Communist Party
- John McDonnell
Videos
Gallery
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Citations
- ↑ Evolutionary Socialism (1899), Eduard Bernstein
- ↑ Lenin Rediscovered: What Is to Be Done? in Context, pdf p.495 and pdf p.660 by Lars T. Lih
- ↑ The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstein and Social Democracy by Manfred B. Steger
- ↑ How the Japanese Communist Party Developed Its Theory of Scientific Socialism by Tetsuzo Fuwa
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