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Did Bernstein reject all of Marx's theories?

  • No, only certain aspects

  • Yes, all of Marx's theories

  • Not sure, it's unclear

  • Bernstein never rejected any of Marx's theories

Answer

Although he was a prominent Marxist theoretician, Eduard Bernstein rejected certain aspects of Marx's theories, such as Theory of increasing immiseration and Theory of the inevitable collapse of capitalism. He believed that capitalism could be reformed through gradual social reforms, and that socialism would not come about through a revolutionary overthrow of the capitalist system.
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