Lassallism

[2] The practice of Lassallism carried forward in the General German Workers' Association (ADAV), formed in 1863, and after the 1864 death of Lassalle.

The General German Workers' Association would be a precursor to the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

The SPD aimed for revolution and threatened the German political status quo, which induced Otto von Bismarck to introduce the first social reforms (State Socialism) for workers in Imperial Germany while suppressing the SPD with laws.

The SPD exercised a fundamental opposition to the government until the 1890s when they supported the social reforms in the domestic policies by Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner.

Caute contended that the Marxists in Europe gained advantage relative to Lassallism with Lassalle's passing in 1864.