Lassalle and German Social Democracy 1 45 the violence of Marx's attacks on these points. Nor did Liebknecht think it at all necessary to the workers' movement that, after its organization and effectiveness within the framework of the day State' had been acknowledged, this present-day State (whose reality was drastically demonstrated each day) should be made out to be a mere appearance of its roots in bourgeois 'fiction', and one that would vanish with the society. the party leaders Marx mistakenly believed that, in bringing out this programe, were committing 'a monstrous attack on the view that was current among the mass of the Party' ; for at no time were his views by any means widely current. At the beging of 1891 Engels succeeded in getting Marx's critique of the programe printed in Neue Zeit, the and thus achieved some belated satisfaction at the expense of Lassalle. It was another source of satisfaction that the Erfurt Programe of the same year drew upon if maintain some of the doctrines expressed in Marx's critique. But one attempted to that this Programme enabled Social Democracy to pursue a 'proper' Marxist policy, if think or one were to that a programe could guarantee a correct policy, then once again disappear'. 'the difference between scientific discovery and political action would largely
Lassalle and German Social Democracy 1 45 the violence of Marx's attacks on these points. Nor did Liebknecht think it at all necessary to the workers' movement that, after its organization and effectiveness within the framework of the day State' had been acknowledged, this present-day State (whose reality was drastically demonstrated each day) should be made out to be a mere 'fiction', and one that would vanish with the appearance of its roots in bourgeois society. Marx mistakenly believed that, in bringing out this programe, the party leaders were committing 'a monstrous attack on the view that was current among the mass of the Party' ; for at no time were his views by any means widely current. At the beging of 1891 Engels succeeded in getting Marx's critique of the programe printed in the Neue Zeit, and thus achieved some belated satisfaction at the expense of Lassalle. It was another source of satisfaction that the Erfurt Programe of the same year drew upon some of the doctrines expressed in Marx's critique. But if one attempted to maintain that this Programme enabled Social Democracy to pursue a 'proper' Marxist policy, or if one were to think that a programe could guarantee a correct policy, then once again 'the difference between scientific discovery and political action would largely disappear'.
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