Comment Comment by _dps It was implemented by Bismarck but it was an explicit plan to outmaneuver the left wing by taking a popular part of their platform, which I've seen translated as "stealing socialism's thunder". Good details from a US-left perspective herehttps://jacobinmag.com/2019/12/otto-von-bismarck-germany-soc...and from a US-centerish perspective herehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/bismarck-tried-end-so... parent _dps 5 years ago
https://jacobinmag.com/2019/12/otto-von-bismarck-germany-soc...
and from a US-centerish perspective here
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/bismarck-tried-end-so...