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'''Reformism''' is a position advocating the peaceful reformation or evolution of the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] system into [[socialism]] by gradual means. Reformism is opposed to [[revolution|revolutionism]]. | '''Reformism''' is a position advocating the peaceful reformation or evolution of the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] system into [[socialism]] by gradual means. Reformism is opposed to [[revolution|revolutionism]]. | ||
Although reformism was largely opposed by [[Karl Marx]], it gained popularity among [[Opportunism|opportunist]] and [[Revisionism|revisionist]] figures in the [[Second International]] by the 20th century. [[Vladimir Lenin]] and [[Rosa Luxemburg]] were adamant in opposing it and advocating a revolutionary trajectory. By the latter half of the 20th century, most reformist | Although reformism was largely opposed by [[Karl Marx]], it gained popularity among [[Opportunism|opportunist]] and [[Revisionism|revisionist]] figures in the [[Second International]] by the 20th century. [[Vladimir Lenin]] and [[Rosa Luxemburg]] were adamant in opposing it and advocating a revolutionary trajectory. By the latter half of the 20th century, most reformist socialists had degenerated into [[anti-communism]] and abandoned [[Marxism]]. Today, reformism is often advocated by academic "[[Marxism|Marxists]]" who base themselves on a [[petite bourgeois]] outlook detached from the [[proletariat]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:15, 17 September 2026
Reformism is a position advocating the peaceful reformation or evolution of the capitalist system into socialism by gradual means. Reformism is opposed to revolutionism.
Although reformism was largely opposed by Karl Marx, it gained popularity among opportunist and revisionist figures in the Second International by the 20th century. Vladimir Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg were adamant in opposing it and advocating a revolutionary trajectory. By the latter half of the 20th century, most reformist socialists had degenerated into anti-communism and abandoned Marxism. Today, reformism is often advocated by academic "Marxists" who base themselves on a petite bourgeois outlook detached from the proletariat.