Revisionism and the German Socialist Movement

In the late 18 nineties, a leading german socialist named edward bernstein started arguing that marxism needed to be revised and up dated for the new world they were operating in. Bernstein argued that socialism could be achieved without recourse to violent and cataclysmic revolution. More than anything, revisionism stood for a renunciation of the need, or even the desirability, of revolution. Reform, reform, reform, one step after another. That was the true and achievable path to victory.