Reformist Marxism

German
Japanese

Basic Information

Aliases

RefMarx

Bernsteinism
Marxist Social Democracy
Evolutionary Socialism
Liberal Marxism
Social Socialism
Classical Social Democracy
Opportunism (By Leninism)

Alignment(s)

LeftUnity

Culturally Left
Liberals
Welfarists
Democratic
Communists
File:Soc.png Socialists

Ideological Information

Influenced by:

Marxism

Left Reformism
Left-Wing Nationalism (JCP)
Pacifism
Radical liberalism (SPD)

Influenced

Anti-Authoritarianism

Centrist Marxism
Democratic Socialism
Liberal Socialism
Social Democracy

Notable people

Eduard Bernstein, 1872, German Empire

Sanzō Nosaka, 1946, Japan

Character Information

Likes

Reform
Marxian economics

Dislikes

Revolutions

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

Flag of Reformist Marxism

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

Flag of Reformist Marxism

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 revoke 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.
Alter-Globalization - Down with exploitation of the Global South and the Trans-Pacific Partnership!

Frenemies

Social Democracy - Son, what do you mean you just want restrained capitalism? Still much better then you're 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?
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?

Enemies

Luxemburgism - STOP BULLYING ME!
Bismarckism - Got some right ideas, but banning File:Soc.png socialists was cringe.
Showa-era Dictatorship - A bloodthirsty merciless conqueror, and a bloody hypocrite to boot!
Anti-Japaneseism - You can denounce Japanese imperialism without being so racist about it.
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.
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, your entire ideology revolves around a proleterian revolution, you're Leninism but worse!
Dengism - Communist in name only!
Neoconservatism - I just wish you'd finally stop that militarization and leave Okinawa.