bonapartism, n.Definitions

Bonapartism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the only government possible in the interval when the bourgeoisie has lost, and the workers have not yet gained, the ability to rule.

Bonapartism (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the peasants' entry into revolution: clumsily cunning, knavishly naive, doltishly sublime, a calculated superstition, a pathetic burlesque — the face of the class that represents barbarism within civilization.

Bonapartism (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the only form of government possible when the bourgeoisie had already lost, and the working class had not yet acquired, the faculty of ruling the nation.

Bonapartism (n.) were ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a serious faction but a collection of old, superstitious invalids and young, unbelieving soldiers of fortune.