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# Karl Kautsky

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Karl Johann Kautsky was an Austrian-born Marxist theorist. One of the most authoritative promulgators of orthodox Marxism after the death of Friedrich Engels in 1895, he was for decades the leading theorist of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Second International. His influence w

##  Quotes by Karl Kautsky

> [The capitalist class rules but does not govern: it contents itself with ruling the government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-kautsky/the-capitalist-class-rules-but-does-not-govern-it-contents-itself/)

Karl Kautsky

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> [Socialism without democracy is unthinkable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-kautsky/socialism-without-democracy-is-unthinkable/)

Karl Kautsky

[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [The war brought things to a head, exposing the utter falsity and rottenness of Kautskyism from its very first day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-kautsky/the-war-brought-things-to-a-head-exposing-the-utter-falsity-and/)

Karl Kautsky

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