“Fourier's scheme of changing, by means of phalansteries, the water of all the seas into tasty lemonade was surely a phantastic idea. But Bernstein, proposing to change the sea of capitalist bitterness into a sea of socialist sweetness, by progressively pouring into it bottles of social reformist lemonade, presents an idea that is merely more insipid but no less phantastic.” Rosa LuxemburgReformismGerman Social DemocracyReform Or Revolution Book:Reform or Revolution Source: Reform or Revolution
“If the proletariat came to power, it could draw from Bernstein's theory the following 'practical' conclusion: to go to sleep.” SocialismLabourRosa LuxemburgGerman Social DemocracyReform Or Revolution Book:Reform or Revolution Source: Reform or Revolution
“Social Democracy, does not, however, expect to attain its aim either as a result of the victorious violence of a minority or through the numerical superiority of a majority. It sees socialism come as a result of economic necessity - and the comprehension of that necessity - leading to the suppression of capitalism by the working masses. And this necessity manifests itself above all in the anarchy of capitalism.” SocialismLabourRosa LuxemburgGerman Social DemocracyReform Or Revolution Book:Reform or Revolution Source: Reform or Revolution