I am not so sure about your claim that Germany in the indicated period was "much more conservative" than Britain. The heart of German economic development was

I am not so sure about your claim that Germany in the indicated period was "much more conservative" than Britain. The heart of German economic development was in industrial Prussia, resulting in enormous growth of left-wing politics. Bismarck's anti-socialist laws were repealed in 1890 and the SPD since then got the plurality of votes cast in every election to the Reichstag. Rural Bavaria was much more conservative, yes, but back then it was an economic backwater. Bavaria only started industrializing after 1950.