Alienation
A Post by Comrade Anthony (MaoUnderTheRedStar). Comrade Anthony is a good friend and is delving into Marxism himself and this post reflects some of his intitial views studying Marxism. I hope you do enjoy, I know I shall be leaving comments on his work and will critique.
Reflections on Alienation and the Future of Country
I am back to write on the ShinethePath’s collaboration with other Maoist thinkers. Do not take this as anyone else’s view, it may or not reflect the views of other posters here. Currently, I am in Philadelphia writing on things I have been thinking about. A lot of my thoughts are reflections of reading various things that I am curious about. Most of the comments I say may be obvious to some of you because of your experience within MLM works, I am still no fully experienced nor enough to call myself anything yet.
I have read “Alienation and Social Classes” from The Marx-Engels Reader, and realized even more that the division between the two social classes are still present today. Marx wrote:
The possessing class and the proletarian class represent one and the same human self-alienation. But the former feels satisfied and affirmed in this self-alienation, experiences the alienation as a sign of its own power, and possesses in it the appearance of a human existence. The latter, however, feels destroyed in this alienation, seeing in it its own impotence and the reality of an inhuman existence. To use Hegel’s expression, this class is, within depravity, an indignation against this depravity, an indignation necessarily aroused in this class by the contradiction between its human nature and its life-situation, which is a blatant, outright and all-embracing denial of that very nature.
Looking at the current trend of economics in America, this indignation will increase. Knowing that the gap between the rich and poor are increasing and the decreasing numbers of the middle classes are going to increase these antagonisms more. Realizing that these antagonisms will increase, I believe the revolution is inevitable in the future, it will happen. When this happens, we can not let the ruling classes be replaced with another, but change this trend in history. As the Red Book states, “The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.” The masses should never face oppression, class antagonisms, and starvation ever again, as long as the force of history is within the hands of the people.
Reflections on Alienation and the Future of Country
I am back to write on the ShinethePath’s collaboration with other Maoist thinkers. Do not take this as anyone else’s view, it may or not reflect the views of other posters here. Currently, I am in Philadelphia writing on things I have been thinking about. A lot of my thoughts are reflections of reading various things that I am curious about. Most of the comments I say may be obvious to some of you because of your experience within MLM works, I am still no fully experienced nor enough to call myself anything yet.
I have read “Alienation and Social Classes” from The Marx-Engels Reader, and realized even more that the division between the two social classes are still present today. Marx wrote:
The possessing class and the proletarian class represent one and the same human self-alienation. But the former feels satisfied and affirmed in this self-alienation, experiences the alienation as a sign of its own power, and possesses in it the appearance of a human existence. The latter, however, feels destroyed in this alienation, seeing in it its own impotence and the reality of an inhuman existence. To use Hegel’s expression, this class is, within depravity, an indignation against this depravity, an indignation necessarily aroused in this class by the contradiction between its human nature and its life-situation, which is a blatant, outright and all-embracing denial of that very nature.
Looking at the current trend of economics in America, this indignation will increase. Knowing that the gap between the rich and poor are increasing and the decreasing numbers of the middle classes are going to increase these antagonisms more. Realizing that these antagonisms will increase, I believe the revolution is inevitable in the future, it will happen. When this happens, we can not let the ruling classes be replaced with another, but change this trend in history. As the Red Book states, “The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.” The masses should never face oppression, class antagonisms, and starvation ever again, as long as the force of history is within the hands of the people.
Thanks for introducing me to the community. I will hope to bring much more to this blog community. Also I've been reading RAAN (Red & Anarchist Action Network) stuff. I found something disturbing. I for sure know their organization is not an organization that is not serious in what they are doing. Especially their declaration of war on Leninism and other groups. http://www.redanarchist.org/propaganda/index.html
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AntonRuminator |
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Oh yeah, I'll help you with fixing your blog, when you want me to. When I get back, I'll have some time to help fix your blog.
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