It no longer possesses its former social support. In both instances, the reformists shut their eyes to the organic character of fascism as a mass movement growing out of the collapse of capitalism. The German social democracy lacks such a democratic bulwark as a monarch loyal to the constitution. The German reformists are less frisky with their slogans. One must not be afraid of the unpopularity which has been aroused by one's own cowardly temporizing with the enemy.
Identical causes produce identical effects.
Were the march of events dependent upon the social-democratic party leadership, Hitler's career would be assured. One must admit, however, that the German Communist Party has also learned little from the Italian experience. The Italian Communist Party came into being almost simultaneously with fascism. But the same conditions of revolutionary ebb tide, which carried the fascists to power, served to deter the development of the Communist Party. It was only two years old.