#+title: Rudolf Hilferding and Social Democracy | Pop The Left

- tags :: [[file:../20200706092404-rudolf_hilferding.org][Rudolf Hilferding]] [[file:../20200706092416-social_democracy.org][social democracy]] [[file:../20200706092434-monopoly_capital.org][monopoly capital]]
- [[https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/dietsoap/episodes/2020-06-28T23_02_09-07_00][source]]

- Rudolf Hilfdering was one of the first Marxists to come up with a theory of
  monopoly capital
- Was involved with the German [[file:../20200706092530-german_social_democratic_party.org][German Social Democratic Party]] along with [[file:../20200706092541-karl_kautsky.org][Karl Kautsky]] and [[file:../20200607220015-rosa_luxemburg.org][Rosa Luxemburg]]
- Served as German finance minister while SPD was in power
- [[file:../20200706092621-vladimir_lenin.org][Lenin]] and [[file:../20200706092700-nikolai_bukharin.org][Bukharin]] learned their conception of [[file:../20200607220252-imperialism.org][imperialism]] (expansion of
  monopoly capital) through Hilferding
- Hilferding though that centers of capital could be brought under control, a
  mistake modern socialists make as well
  + Trouble with this is that capital has to valorize, it's not just a matter of
    changing who's in charge
  + This is a harder problem to solve than it appears