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Bismarck introduced anti socialist laws in 1878, which deprived socialist organizations of the right of assembly and publication.
it gives the police the power to use the anti-socialists laws against strikers and expel. he reaffirmed it and claimed it. the ability to take the opposite sides at the same time in a quarrel.
Bismarck blamed the socialists for attempted assassinations on the Kaiser then held elections. To his surprise, the socialist party grew in numbers, rather than decline as a result of his campaign.
Bismarck feared socialists because he believed they were a threat to the established order and stability of the German Empire. He saw their calls for social and economic reforms as potentially destabilizing to the conservative values he sought to uphold. Additionally, Bismarck viewed socialism as a challenge to his authoritarian rule and sought to suppress their influence through repressive measures.
Bismarck took a leading role in social welfare reform. The reforms were a strategic political move which gained him the support of the working class. Bismarck had recognized his political vulnerability to the socialist movement which was growing rapidly. Without his social welfare reform, the support of the working class could have easily gone to the socialists.
Otto von Bismarck addressed the socialist movement in Germany through a combination of repression and social reform. He implemented anti-socialist laws in the 1870s that banned socialist organizations and publications, aiming to curb their influence. Simultaneously, Bismarck introduced social welfare programs, such as health insurance, accident insurance, and pensions, to appeal to the working class and undermine the socialists' support base. This dual strategy of suppression and social reform was intended to stabilize the empire and diminish the appeal of socialism.
Socialists
Bismarck wanted to head off socialism. To combat it, he devised an employer paid welfare system that provided so many "welfare" type benefits, workers in his united Germany had no reason to rebel over lack of health care and other issues that socialists wanted to install in Europe.
Early in his reign, Wilhelm II desperately wanted to be popular; he wanted to be a 'People's Kaiser'. In 1878 the Reichstag had adopted, at Bismarck's request, a law banning socialists from political campaigning, the publication of socialist books, etc. The law was renewed every four years till 1886 and up for renewal in 1890. Kaiser Wilhelm II didn't approve, Bismarck resigned and - to his astonishment - his resignation was accepted.