Martov, for example, try to evade the fact that there is a connection between imperialism and opportunism in the labor movement which is particularly striking at the present time by resorting to stereotyped, optimistic arguments la Kautsky and Huysmans) like the following: the cause of the opponents of capitalism would be hopeless if it were precisely progressive capitalism that led to the increase of opportunism, or if it were precisely the best paid workers who were inclined towards opportunism, etc.