“From
dead machines assigned their place in production by capital, the proletarian
masses must learn to transform themselves into the free and independent
directors of this process. They have to
acquire the feeling of responsibility proper to active members of the
collectivity which alone possesses ownership of all social wealth. They have to develop industriousness without
the capitalist whip, the highest productivity without slavedrivers, discipline
without the yoke, and order without authority. The highest idealism in the interest of the
collectivity, the strictest self discipline, the truest public spirit of the
masses are the moral foundations of socialist society, just as stupidity, egotism,
and corruption are the moral foundations of capitalist society.”
Rosa Luxemburg
This
passage by Rosa Luxemburg explaining the importance of transforming oneself from
slavery to being one own master. She gave a road map on how to achieve this
envious height that the foundation of capitalist society doesn’t want the
masses to become aware of. She further states that manpower development
strengthens the skill set and know-how of workers, enabling them to increase
their output or develop innovative, new products. In relation to nihilism
she suggests that it could be a new orders of solution to nihilism, in that,
she emphases the need for significance of experience for the development of the
masses, which in turn will uplift the lives of the working class.
I agree with Luxemburg. Her ideas are lot like nihilism in a sense that one can only change oneself to be better in life. Just like she said, we need to stop being the slavery of what our society wants us to become and find our own freedom and transform into the stronger version of ourselves.
ReplyDeleteIt is true to her passage that it is about time the working class realize they have to change their destinies and also reach that top-class. If not, they will always remain the masses whose labor are being exploited and whose wages continue to be nothing to write home about.
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