4. there is no well-defined left or revolutionary wing in the socialist party. this fact has driven many workers, dissatisfied with industrial conditions and disillusioned with politics, to join the i. w. w., a revolutionary organization dominated by syndicalist ideas. as in france and denmark, the syndicalist philosophy has captured the imagination of the revolutionary proletariat; although in the united states there is a very small revolutionary proletariat. ... 5. this it just another proof that in america the socialist movement is divorced from the great mass of the working class. the main differences between this country and europe is that in europe the labor unions were organized by the socialists, on class conscious lines; while in america organized labor is in theory a defensive group of citizens with similar interests in a theoretical democracy where all men are equal. 6. in the united states the socialists have some power. they can swing a million votes. the official majority in the socialist party is more interested in swinging these votes than in socialism. but they cannot compete with bourgeois reform groups like the progressives, or the democrats under wilson.
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