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Stalin is saying that social democracy is the response of the capitalists to a stronger proletariat, and the end outcome of social democracy remains the same as fascism - capitalists remain in power - and will withdraw the treats as soon as the revolutionary desires of the masses have settled down.
Stalin is writing in the interwar period before fascism has really demonstrated certain aspects that we associate with fascism today
to add something that helped me with this
social democracy is the carrot, fascism is the stick, end goal is to smother revolutionary fervor
Social Democrats are the moderate wing of fascism. Fascists are the extreme wing of fascism. That's his point. They are symbiotic twins, two cogs in a machine that work in tandem