Opportunism Vs Revisionism

The exploitation of the European working class was rampant throughout the eighteenth century. The terrible working conditions, hunger, and personal poverty of the population were blooming in the industries of Europe. By 1914 the working and living conditions in the West were improved through massive reforms. Personal poverty rates fell, the living conditions in cities improved, and the working class environment at work became easier. The debates over opportunism and revisionism were important to the socialist parties because as the party grew over the years they began to get the media's attention made it to where the socialist party was in the minds and opinions of various journalists throughout the