She also advocated participating in the initial elections of the Weimar government, something which the KPD, unfortunately, refused in favor of attempting to take power through force, which led to the murder of many KPD leaders by the protofascist Freikorps paramilitaries - including Rosa Luxemburg, despite the fact that she was opposed to the coup attempt.

For a significant left party to be silenced for several years after that violence in the early history of the Weimar Republic may have changed history - and it's doubtful for the better.