It was implemented by Bismarck but it was an explicit plan to outmaneuver the left wing by taking a popular part of their platform, which I've seen translated a

It was implemented by Bismarck but it was an explicit plan to outmaneuver the left wing by taking a popular part of their platform, which I've seen translated as "stealing socialism's thunder". Good details from a US-left perspective here https://jacobinmag.com/2019/12/otto-von-bismarck-germany-social-democratic-party-spd https://jacobinmag.com/2019/12/otto-von-bismarck-germany-soc... and from a US-centerish perspective here https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/bismarck-tried-end-socialisms-grip-offering-government-healthcare-180964064/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/bismarck-tried-end-so...