The advantage of the Juche-style socialism
Being a society which was born in defiance to the old exploiter society, the socialist society is completely new and is qualitatively different from the capitalist society. Capitalist society is a society which is based on individualism; in this society class antagonism and struggle constitute the basis of social relations. Contrary to this, socialist society is based on collectivism and workers’ comradely unity and cooperation forms the basis of social relations. The essential features of socialism lie in the fact that the working masses are the masters over state power and the means of production.
People unite in ideology and will and cooperate in a comradely way because of the homogenous nature of their social status, together with their common purpose and interests. This is also an important factor promoting the development of the socialist society.
The imperialists are now making frantic efforts to embellish capitalism and to slander socialism. In essence, however, capitalist society is an exploitative society ruled by the capitalist class; only socialist society is a genuinely popular society where the masses lead a worthy life on an equal basis as the masters of the state and society. This is an indisputable, established fact. The essential superiority of socialism over capitalism is that socialist society meets in full the intrinsic requirements of social beings to live and develop independently and creatively on an equal basis.
Capitalist society is not by any means a rich and prosperous society as the imperialists claim, but a society where the rich get ever richer and the poor get ever poorer. In capitalist society the more the production of material wealth increases, the greater becomes the material inequality of the people. In this society the rich people recklessly squander colossal amounts of wealth on an utterly worthless, extravagant and dissolute life, but the poor people live in misery and abject poverty. In capitalist society many people are forced to lead an inhuman existence; they are compelled to sell even their human dignity and conscience in order to earn a living. In the final analysis, in capitalist society neither the rich nor the poor can be genuine masters of a sound material life.
In capitalist society, the ideological and cultural life of the people is also very poor. There, the people have their independent thinking paralysed and are degenerating ideologically and culturally because they are poisoned by the reactionary bourgeois ideology and culture. Even in what they call the most developed capitalist countries, the number of illiterate and mentally deformed people is ever increasing, and many people are degenerating into vulgar beings who seek only momentary comfort and pleasure without having any ideals or ambitions.
In a capitalist society, the working masses cannot enjoy the cultural and emotional life in the true sense of the word. It is a reactionary society in which a handful of capitalists and other privileged classes violate the independence of the masses and oppress and exploit them. It is a rotten and degenerate society that is exclusively based on egotism and in which fraudulence and trickery, immorality and depravity, and decadent culture are rampant; a society ruled by the law of jungle. The exploiting class, for their own rapacity, are perpetrating murder, extortion and all sorts of inhuman, uncivilized actions without hesitation, enjoying pleasure in such behaviour. The working masses in a capitalist society are the objects of exploitation and oppression. They are not provided with even the basic conditions for human life. In such a reactionary capitalist society, in which the independence of the masses is infringed upon and a small minority of the exploiting class lords it over the society, the cultural and emotional life is inconceivable for the working people.
Capitalist society is a corrupt society where the masses’ independence is trampled upon and violated without mercy. In this society a variety of means that gnaw at people’s minds and bodies cut a wide swathe, reducing them to mental and physical cripples. As social evils of every description are ruling the roost, people full of terror and discomfort feel ill at ease. It is a reactionary society where a handful of landowners and capitalists live well-off, whereas the broad sections of the masses go poorly clothed and hungry, “the rich get richer” and “the poor get poorer”. For the handful of the exploiting class, including the landowners and capitalist, capitalist society is a “heaven”, whereas it is a hell for the absolute majority of the popular masses.
Previously quite a few people considered socialism in every country to be the same. But, recently their view is changing, after witnessing the reality that in Europe socialism has suffered setbacks whereas in Asia and Latin America the banner of socialism is still fluttering. Especially from the fact that in our country socialism is displaying its great advantage and viability, they see genuine socialism in a fresh light. Needless to say, socialism in any country is an advanced society, fundamentally different from all kinds of exploiting society that have existed in human history, so it is superior to capitalism. However, its advantages are expressed differently in each country, according to the guiding ideology on which it is based.
People unite in ideology and will and cooperate in a comradely way because of the homogenous nature of their social status, together with their common purpose and interests. This is also an important factor promoting the development of the socialist society.
The imperialists are now making frantic efforts to embellish capitalism and to slander socialism. In essence, however, capitalist society is an exploitative society ruled by the capitalist class; only socialist society is a genuinely popular society where the masses lead a worthy life on an equal basis as the masters of the state and society. This is an indisputable, established fact. The essential superiority of socialism over capitalism is that socialist society meets in full the intrinsic requirements of social beings to live and develop independently and creatively on an equal basis.
Capitalist society is not by any means a rich and prosperous society as the imperialists claim, but a society where the rich get ever richer and the poor get ever poorer. In capitalist society the more the production of material wealth increases, the greater becomes the material inequality of the people. In this society the rich people recklessly squander colossal amounts of wealth on an utterly worthless, extravagant and dissolute life, but the poor people live in misery and abject poverty. In capitalist society many people are forced to lead an inhuman existence; they are compelled to sell even their human dignity and conscience in order to earn a living. In the final analysis, in capitalist society neither the rich nor the poor can be genuine masters of a sound material life.
In capitalist society, the ideological and cultural life of the people is also very poor. There, the people have their independent thinking paralysed and are degenerating ideologically and culturally because they are poisoned by the reactionary bourgeois ideology and culture. Even in what they call the most developed capitalist countries, the number of illiterate and mentally deformed people is ever increasing, and many people are degenerating into vulgar beings who seek only momentary comfort and pleasure without having any ideals or ambitions.
In a capitalist society, the working masses cannot enjoy the cultural and emotional life in the true sense of the word. It is a reactionary society in which a handful of capitalists and other privileged classes violate the independence of the masses and oppress and exploit them. It is a rotten and degenerate society that is exclusively based on egotism and in which fraudulence and trickery, immorality and depravity, and decadent culture are rampant; a society ruled by the law of jungle. The exploiting class, for their own rapacity, are perpetrating murder, extortion and all sorts of inhuman, uncivilized actions without hesitation, enjoying pleasure in such behaviour. The working masses in a capitalist society are the objects of exploitation and oppression. They are not provided with even the basic conditions for human life. In such a reactionary capitalist society, in which the independence of the masses is infringed upon and a small minority of the exploiting class lords it over the society, the cultural and emotional life is inconceivable for the working people.
Capitalist society is a corrupt society where the masses’ independence is trampled upon and violated without mercy. In this society a variety of means that gnaw at people’s minds and bodies cut a wide swathe, reducing them to mental and physical cripples. As social evils of every description are ruling the roost, people full of terror and discomfort feel ill at ease. It is a reactionary society where a handful of landowners and capitalists live well-off, whereas the broad sections of the masses go poorly clothed and hungry, “the rich get richer” and “the poor get poorer”. For the handful of the exploiting class, including the landowners and capitalist, capitalist society is a “heaven”, whereas it is a hell for the absolute majority of the popular masses.
Previously quite a few people considered socialism in every country to be the same. But, recently their view is changing, after witnessing the reality that in Europe socialism has suffered setbacks whereas in Asia and Latin America the banner of socialism is still fluttering. Especially from the fact that in our country socialism is displaying its great advantage and viability, they see genuine socialism in a fresh light. Needless to say, socialism in any country is an advanced society, fundamentally different from all kinds of exploiting society that have existed in human history, so it is superior to capitalism. However, its advantages are expressed differently in each country, according to the guiding ideology on which it is based.
