Yep.
And he called libertarians ... liberals ... and the socialist German monarchy he loved ... rightwing.
"Otto von Bismarck, the powerful Chancellor of Germany (in office 1871–90), developed the
first modern welfare state by building on a tradition of welfare programs in Prussia and Saxony that had begun as early as in the 1840s. The measures that Bismarck introduced – old-age pensions, accident insurance, and employee health insurance – formed the basis of the modern European welfare state. His paternalistic programs aimed to forestall social unrest and to undercut the appeal of the new Social Democratic Party, and to secure the support of the working classes for the German Empire, as well as to reduce emigration to the United States, where wages were higher but welfare did not exist.[47][48] Bismarck further won the support of both industry and skilled workers through his high-tariff policies, which protected profits and wages from American competition, although they alienated the liberal intellectuals who wanted free trade.[49][50] During the 12 years of rule by Adolf Hitler's National Socialist German Workers' Party the welfare state was expanded and extended to the point where
over 17 million German citizens were receiving assistance under the auspices of the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV) by 1939, an agency that projected a powerful image of caring and support.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfa... Bismarck, the powerful,early as in the 1840s.