But the key difference will be rather dramatic. As an aftermatch of the Russian Revolution, left-wing political movements from Social Democrats to more radical Marxists will all appear somewhat revolutionary despite their actual rhetoric and methods - after all, their Russian comrades banded together to support Soviet power and overthrew provisionary government.
Hrm. There's a strong argument that in Southwest Germany, prior to WW1 the SPD was becoming a Volkspartei as opposed to a Klasspartei. Instead of the stab in the back myth, they were here loyal members of the governing coalition that won the war, right?
In OTL these old elites tolerated limited forms of parliamentarism as long as it stopped short of actual democracy, and I doubt they'd be willing to sacrifice their own prestitigous position by bandwagoning one revolutionary group against another. And ironically this will drive many classical liberals away from cooperation with Social Democrats, who in turn will most likely cooperate with more hardline Communist units.
I'm not sure I follow here. Because of an increasing autocratic, reactionary "old regime", the liberals will turn away from ties to the socialists?
Rosa Luxembourg will still be around, right? Hrm.
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