Lenin and the Second International

In the summer of 19 14, wherever there are governments asking their legislatures to approve war credits, we find socialists voting in favor of them. Lenin, for example, was absolutely shocked by the german s p d vote for war credits. When the reality hit home that all these socialist parties were breaking hard for their respective national war efforts, people like lenin felt utterly betrayed. But it does have an interesting effect that will become very important to the position of the russian revolutionaries going forward.