text_original: Unless recourse is to be had to the extremely dangerous weapon of purely military force, it is necessary for it to link itself with sections which do not belong to it from a social standpoint, but which can render it the essential service of anchoring its rule among the * people, and thereby becoming its special or last de ^ fender. This last or 4 outermost ' defender of bourgeois rule, in the first period after the war,* was Social Democracy.
text_transcription: UNLESS RECOURSE IS TO BE HAD TO THE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WEAPON OF PURELY MILITARY FORCE IT IS NECESSARY FOR IT TO LINK ITSELF WITH SECTIONS WHICH DO NOT BELONG TO IT FROM A SOCIAL STANDPOINT BUT WHICH CAN RENDER IT THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE OF ANCHORING ITS RULE AMONG THE PEOPLE AND THEREBY BECOMING ITS ESPECIAL OR LAST DEFENDER THIS LAST OR OUTERMOST DEFENDER OF BOURGEOIS RULE IN THE FIRST PERIOD AFTER THE WAR WAS SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
phonemes: ʌnlˈɛs ɹᵻkˈɔːɹs ɪz təbi hædtə ðɪ ɛkstɹˈiːmli dˈeɪndʒɚɹəs wˈɛpən ʌv pjˈʊɹli mˈɪlətˌɛɹi fˈɔːɹs, ɪɾ ɪz nˈɛsᵻsɚɹi fɔːɹ ɪt tə lˈɪŋk ɪtsˈɛlf wɪð sˈɛkʃənz wˌɪtʃ duːnˌɑːt bᵻlˈɔŋ tʊ ɪt fɹʌm ɐ sˈoʊʃəl stˈændpɔɪnt, bˌʌt wˌɪtʃ kæn ɹˈɛndɚɹ ɪt ðɪ ᵻsˈɛnʃəl sˈɜːvɪs ʌv ˈæŋkɚɹɪŋ ɪts ɹˈuːl ɐmˌʌŋ ðɪ ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk pˈiːpəl, ænd ðɛɹbˈaɪ bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ ɪts spˈɛʃəl ɔːɹ lˈæst də fˈɛndɚ. ðɪs lˈæst ɔːɹ fˈɔːɹ ˈaʊɾɚmˌoʊst dᵻfˈɛndɚɹ ʌv bˈʊɹʒwɑː ɹˈuːl, ɪnðə fˈɜːst pˈiəɹɪəd ˈæftɚ ðə wˈɔːɹ,ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk wʌz sˈoʊʃəl dᵻmˈɑːkɹəsi.