Abstract
Marxism, as any social ideology, contains many conflicting motives. They represent
the potential of various political doctrines. The aim of the article was to show the
sources, content and consequences of the ideological conflict between the two Marxists,
precursors of conflicting political ideologies. Vladimir Lenin, with his monopolistic
rights to the interpretation of Marxism, the army-like organization of the party and
the recognition of his opponents as enemies, became the forerunner of the totalitarian
system. Eduard Bernstein, touted as the creator of revisionism, has verified Marxism,
rejected the ved that the socialist party should participate in a democratic system dogma
of the class struggle, claimed the proletarian revolution being irrational and belie, using
its mechanisms for achieving the objectives of the working class. In this way Bernstein
became one of the promoters of democracy. The article discussed the main ideological
and political consequences of the gap between the two ideological movements.
