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“Influenced by the European depression of 1873, Kautsky’s writings depict a capitalist system spiraling toward its death. He emphasized the inevitability of the eventual triumph of socialism and rejected the fundamental premises of social democracy. He argued that the role of a socialist party was not to create a transition to socialism, but to educate workers about the nature of capitalism and prepare them for the class struggle that would bring about its demise.”
― Pamela D. Toler, The Everything Guide to Understanding Socialism: The political, social, and economic concepts behind this complex theory