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Strategic Patience for Revolution
- Marx and Engels advised workers to hold off on immediate social revolution after the Third Republic's proclamation.
- They wanted the new government to become unpopular by signing a surrender, creating a better revolutionary climate.
Fears of German Invasion
- A German invasion of France would negatively impact the social revolution.
- Marx and Engels feared this outcome, preferring a Prussian defensive war.
Bakunin's Revolutionary Opportunity
- Bakunin believed a German invasion would ignite a mass social revolution in France.
- He saw it as an opportunity to harness national defense energy for broader social change.