Die Neue Zeit, XIX, 1 (1900-01) November 21 1900), p. 247.
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Belfort-Bax, “A widespread erroneous conclusion”. “One of the most frequent errors encoun- tered in discussing the questions of impe- rialism and the new colonial policy has apparently found its way into some socialist minds”.... And he goes on to analyse the argument of those who favour colonial policy because of the progressive nature of capitalism. Bax refutes them.... ...“Capitalist-national im- perialism is capitalism’s reply to international Social-Democracy. ...World history is now at the crossroads—either national-capitalist imperialism or interna- tional-Socialist Democracy!”... |
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...The present economic system ... (by extending to new fields of operation) ... “artificially prolongs its existence”....
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Incidentally, a Bernstein-Kautsky polemic. Bernstein recalls that, back in 1896-97, Belfort-Bax was berating Bernstein, while Kautsky supported Bernstein. Kautsky replies: Bax at that time went so far as to say “better slavery than capitalism”—literally so—and neither then nor now have I supported Bax on that point, regarding his statement as “sentimental utopia”. But I have always been against colonial policy. |
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cf. Die Neue Zeit, XIX, 1 (1901), p. 804: N.B. M. Beer on the decay of Britain and on imperialism. Die Neue Zeit, XX, 1, p. 209: “Social imperialism” (Fabians), p. 243, the “imperialist-social era”.
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