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Aggressive or fanatical patriotism, particularly during time of war, in support of one's own nation or other nation(s). During WWI, nearly every political party took a social-chauvinist stand; with few exceptions. Most Socialists gave up their beliefs in favour of "defense of the fatherland," and turned to social-chauvinism; most notably the German Social Democratic Party.
Two outstanding examples of Communists who fought against social-chauvinism during WWI were Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. They stressed that the only violence that should be used is the violence necessary to overthrow one's own government.
They agitated tirelessly in their nation to show that common social relations united workers across any national boundaries and that the only blood the proletariat should shed is the blood to gain their freedom. | 2 | |||
After Nicolas Chauvin, a zealously patriotic soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte. Marxists apply the term chauvinism to any explicit support for the idea of the superiority of one nation over others. During World War I, the pro-war ”socialists” in each of the belligerent countries justified their ”national defencist” position by adopting the chauvinist argument that conditions for developing socialism were more advanced in their nation than in others. One notable exception was the Socialist Party of America, lead by internationalist E.V.Debs. | 2 | |||
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Workers that do not own the factory or office in which they work. You are very likely proletarian yourself unless you are a landlord or a large business owner. | 1 | |||
Capitalists (rich people).
They oppress us (they own us like slaves with longer leashes hence we are wage-slaves). | 1 | |||
Betrayers of socialism from within the workers. These people are proletarians like you and me, but they advocate for the bourgeoise. | 2 | |||
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