• bananon [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Social democracy is so old Lenin was one before he became a communist.

    • TrashCompact [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      That's slightly inaccurate. Social democracy is certainly that old, e.g. the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was founded in 1863, but when Lenin talks about "social democracy" he usually means something a little different, closer to the modern definition of plain old socialism.

      • bananon [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        True. More correct to say he was apart of the Russian Social Democrats until they split into the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks