Berstein and Luxemburg

Overall, I found this reading pretty confusing, but I found one part of Luxemburg's passage to be particularly interesting. 

Luxemburg's writes: 

"The scientific basis of socialism rests, as it is well known, on three principal results of capitalist development. First, on the growing anarchy of capitalist economy, leading inevitably to its ruin. Second, on the progressive socialisation of the process of production, which creates the germs of the future social order. And third, on the increased organisation and consciousness of the proletarian class, which constitutes the active factor in the coming revolution." 

I find this quote to be interesting because any time in the past that I've heard the word "socialism," the word "revolution" seems to follow closely behind. Even now in the United States, conservative Republicans have "guaranteed" that if Barack Obama is elected as president, that the country will turn to socialism. However, as stated in the above passage by Luxemburg, the "scientific basis" of socialism rests on the anarchy of capitalist economy, leading inevitably to its ruin. While the economy is by no means doing well at the moment, I doubt that the recession that its going into will lead it its demise.