“By 1914 Imperial Germany was in a state of crisis.To what extent do you agree with this statement?
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... werful force that threatened the authority of the Kaiser, a solution must be found. This was the view held by the conservatives, the Kaiser and his advisors. However, socialism by no means a united force - disagreement e.g.
- Extremists - revolution ("I want to remain the deadly enemy of the bourgeois society and … to eliminate in entirely!" August Bebel SPD leader 1903.)
- Revisionists - legitimate inclusion into govt. ("compromise…is stronger than the revolution scheme" Eduard Bernstein SPD leader 1899.)
- Disagreements meant Kaiser overestimated ability of socialists to whip up support.
- Was this situation critical? Probably not - had the conservatives given limited power t ...
