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What would the internal political situation have been in Germany if WW1 never happened? Historians suggest that one of the major reasons that the German ruling class was so eager for war was to reentrench themselves after the major socialist victories in 1912 in the Reichstag elections. Without war would the socialists have managed to expand their influence enough to challenge the Kaiser and the 3-tier election system, as well as forcing the ratification of an actual constitution?
Would there be political violence? Kaiser Wilhelm balked at that when Bismarck suggested using the army to crush the socialists in the 1880's, but 3 decades later could he change his mind once his own unlimited power is threatened?