Reformist Marxism

Reformist Marxism, also called Evolutionary Socialism, Marxist Social Democracy, Classical Social Democracy, or Bernsteinism is a type of Marxism which seeks to achieve communism through the use of democratic means. Reformist Marxism is the precursor of modern Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy. Reformist Marxism today is practiced by the Japanese Communist Party.

[[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
Bernstein flag.svg Reformist Marxism has it's origins in the writings of Eduard Bernstein, who, while identifying with Marxism, felt that there were significant errors in Marx's writing, and often criticized significant parts of Marxist theory such as the idea of revolution to achieve a socialist society. His work would prove influential to later Marxist revisionists and what would later come to be known as Social Democracy.

[[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan [[File:JapCom.png]]
Japanese communism flag.svg Japanese Communism is an ideology based off of the Japanese Communist Party. It is a form of Marxism with major influences from  Democratic Socialism and a strong opposition to  American interventionism in Japan and a focus on maintaining Japan's national sovereignty.

Doctrine
W.I.P.

How to Draw
To represent Reformist Marxism the polcompball community uses a variant of the Social Democracy design. With the white rose on the red background replaced with a gold rose on a red background, as to revoke communism.


 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Fill it with red
 * 3) Draw a golden rose in the middle
 * 4) Add eyes and you're done!

Friendly

 * [[File: Dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism - Follows in my footsteps quite nicely but he can be a bit TOO utopian, even for me.
 * [[File:Eurocom.png]] Eurocommunism - He gets me.
 * [[File:Thar.png]] Anti-Authoritarianism - My great son who hates authoritarianism like me.

Mixed

 * [[File: Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - What do you mean you just want restrained capitalism???
 * [[File: Ormarxf.png]] Marxism - You call yourself 'scientific' yet you oppose me for revising your theories, don't you understand revision is the basis of science!?

Negative

 * [[File:Luxem.png]] Luxemburgism - STOP BULLYING ME!!
 * [[File:Antijap.png]] Anti-Japaneseism - You can denounce Japanese imperialism without being so racist about it.
 * [[File:Ancom.png]] Anarcho-Communism - You are just a bomb-throwing utopian, who thinks you can build Socialism by destroying the only institution that can provide it.
 * [[File: Orthlen.png]] Leninism - You claim to oppose [[File:Ancom.png]] anarchists, and yet your idea of destroying the bourgeois state is no different from them.

Literature

 * Evolutionary Socialism
 * The rest of Bernstein's work

Wikipedia

 * Eduard Bernstein
 * Revisionist Marxism
 * Reformist Socialism
 * History of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
 * Japanese Communist Party
 * French Communist Party
 * John McDonnell

Videos

 * Japan's Lovable Communist Revolution by Step Back History