... scientific socialism. The first major split in the Marxist movement was prompted by Eduard Bernstein. The crux of Bernstein's argument was that Capitalism would develop the means to support its internal contradictions and that therefore there would be no social revolution at the point of capitalist collapse. He proposed the policy of reform and famously stated that to him the end did not matter, the movement was everything. Bernstein's revisionism caused a split in Marxist thinking and in time the pro reform revisionists have become the most prominent socialists. The British Labour Party and The German SPD are two of Europe's leading social democratic parties, both of whom have adopted the policy of reform as opposed to revolution. Both have held power in the 21st century. At first glance the prospects of reform as the best means of achieving socialist society look good. RN Berki highlights four tendencies of socialism in ...

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