Bourgeois socialism

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Bourgeois socialism or conservative socialism (i.e. conservation of the mode of production, not to be confused with social conservatism) was a term used by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in various pieces, including in The Communist Manifesto. Conservative socialism was used as a rebuke by Marx for certain strains of socialism but has also been used by proponents of such a system. Bourgeois socialists are described as those that advocate for preserving the existing mode of production while only attempting to eliminate perceived evils of the system (e.g. economic reforms while preserving the rule by the bourgeoisie). Conservative socialism and right-wing socialism are also used as a descriptor, and in some cases as a pejorative, by free-market conservative and right-libertarian movements and politicians to describe more economically interventionist strands of conservatism, such as paternalistic conservatism.

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