I’ve thought about this before. If Germany went communist then it’s almost certain that the rest of Europe would too. There wouldn’t have been a second world war, and the US would’ve remained an isolationist power. In fact, the US itself had a strong labour movement back in the 1930s, and it would’ve been significantly boosted by Europe being communist.
Yep, it would have destroyed or severely weakened imperialism, giving socialist countries far more room to breathe and carry that momentum forward. Germany was also ripe for socialism as it was heavily industrialized and state run, just with bourgeois control.
I’ve thought about this before. If Germany went communist then it’s almost certain that the rest of Europe would too. There wouldn’t have been a second world war, and the US would’ve remained an isolationist power. In fact, the US itself had a strong labour movement back in the 1930s, and it would’ve been significantly boosted by Europe being communist.
Yep, it would have destroyed or severely weakened imperialism, giving socialist countries far more room to breathe and carry that momentum forward. Germany was also ripe for socialism as it was heavily industrialized and state run, just with bourgeois control.
Instead, socdems gave us fascism and the world we have today.
Truly the left wing of fascism.