Our belief in Marxism is a belief in science and a belief in rationality. Whether it is the theoretical system of Marxism, practical movements, or people who believe in Marxism, there is a soul that is the core value pursuit of Marxism. To realize the core values of Marxism, we must adhere to the socialist path.
Only by keeping your original intention in mind can you achieve the end. The original intention is faith, and it is the fundamental pursuit of value. The belief of the Chinese Communists is Babaylan 1990 cloth drawMarxism. To internalize this belief and externalize it in action, two basic issues must be understood: First, what is faith? Second, what is Marxism? Only on this basis can we truly internalize Marxist beliefs into the depths of our souls and transform them into practices that are realistic.
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The essence of faith is a question of value, and it is the highest question of value. Faith is essentially a matter of ideological understanding. There are two aspects of people understanding the world: one is to understand the question of “yes or not”, which is a factual judgment; the other is to understand the question of “whether or not”, which is a value judgment. The principle of obeying materialism has nothing to do with people’s subjective desires. It is a world that is understood according to objective standards and external standards; value judgment Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw obeys the principle of value theoryBabaylan 1990 cloth draw. People with different facts may make completely different value judgments. This is a world that is understood according to subjective standards and internal standards. Fact judgment aims to seek truth, while value judgment aims to seek goodness.
Faith belongs to value judgments, but not all value judgments are belief issues, and faith is the highest question of value. Value judgment is to answer the question of “should it be?” The so-called value question is the question of “should it be” or “whether it is meaningful”. Values are how to view “should” or “not” or “Meaningful or “meaningless.” If the question of value transcends the value of life, it will rise to faith. For example, what is the value of materialism? It means using money as a criterion for judging “should” or “not”, and thinking that money is worth it, and without money is not. But if such value question reaches this point: you can live for money, that is, you can transcend the value of life, which will rise to faith in money. For example, what is the value of freedom? It means using freedom as a criterion for judging “should” or “not”, as is the case with Komiks 1960 witch clothes drawWhat is free is what is worthy, and everything that does not conform to freedom is not worthy of it. However, if such value questioning reaches the point of view: it is better to die than to be free. This is not an ordinary value of freedom, but a belief in freedom.
It can be seen that life can be given for faith. The Chinese Communists’ oath says: Be ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people at any time, and never betray the party. This is the declaration of faith.
The difference between rationality and irrationality
Faith can There are many kinds, but generally speaking, according to different ways of asking about the value to reach beliefs, faith can be roughly divided into two categories: rational belief and irrational belief.
People understand the world into two aspects, one is factual judgment and the other is value judgment. Factual problems are the scope of science, but science can never go beyond the scope of facts to the field of value. That is to say, the factual question of “is it or not” can never answer the value question of “what should it or not”. Value questions are answered by humanities. Humanities are from art, religion and philosophyBabaylan 1990 cloth draw. They are all answers to value questions Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, but they answer the value questions in different ways. Art expresses value in a sensory and intuitive way, religion answers value questions in an irrational way, and philosophy finds rational basis for value.
Faith is the highest question of value. Art does not have its own independent kingdom, and it is impossible to directly understand faith, and can only be used to express faith.Hope. Then, there are only two ways to understand faith, one is religion and the other is philosophy. There is no essential difference in the value level achieved by these two beliefs. You can sacrifice your life for religious beliefs. Belief based on Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw philosophy can also sacrifice life. The fundamental difference between them lies in the way of understanding faith: religion Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw is to understand faith in an irrational way, and believe in faith in faith; philosophy is to understand faith in a rational way, and believe in truth. In other words, there are two types of faith: rational belief and irrational belief.
Irrational beliefs reject rationality. Irrational beliefs do not require reasons, they are “believe because of faith.” Religion belongs to this belief. A religious belief, no matter how rigorous its logic is Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, but the premise is that it cannot withstand rational questioning.
The belief in rationality is precisely based on reason. Only by reflecting rationally is the truth, which is “believe because of truth.” Marxism is the belief of rationality.
Marxism is a scientific rational belief
The Marxism belief is a scientific belief and a rational belief. So, why is such a belief scientific and rational? This can be found in its rational answer to ultimate care.
The characteristic of human beings is that although they live in finite, they have to ask infinity; although existence is accidental, they have to ask inevitability; although life is temporary, they have to ask eternity. This is the ultimate care. In other words, human beings will base themselves on the finite pursuit of infiniteness, the finite is real life, and the infinite is the pursuit of value. So, how can we achieve infinite meaning and value through finite life?
Theoretically speaking, there are only two possibilities: First, pursue infinite meaning and value by infinitely extending one’s life. This is definitely not the answer that a rationalist can give, because rational people know that no matter how long a person’s life is, there will always be the day when the deadline is about to come. Second, the rationalist’s plan is to recognize that life is limited, not to pursue life indefinitely, but to pursue the height of life, that is, to pursue infinite meaning and value in limited life. Under such circumstances, the length of life is no longer of fundamental significance. If a person’s life is meaningful and valuable, even if it is short, it is brilliant and worthwhile.
Marx found faith for the Communists along this line of thought. In August 1835, MarxAfter graduating from high school, I wrote an essay – “The Examination of Youth when Choosing a Career Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw Thoughts”. In this essay, Marx is equally good at using the poem Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawKomiks 1960 witch cloth The language of beauty expresses the noble pursuit of life value: “If we choose a profession that can work best for mankind, then the burden cannot overwhelm us, because it is a sacrifice for everyone; then what we enjoy will not be pitiful, limited, selfish pleasure, our happiness will belong to millions of people, our career will exist quietly, but it will always work, and in the face of our ashes, noble people will shed tears.” Only by choosing a profession that “works best for mankind” can such a life be meaningful and valuable.
Is the value pursuit advocated by Marx rational and scientific? Is it worthy of faith? Let us borrow Heidegger’s idea to “go to death” and ask from the ultimate sense of life: the essence of life is actually a finite process, don’t pursue the final result, because the final result is all towards infinite nothingness, that is, death. Only when we face infinity can we think and plan how to arrange our limited life process, and can we think in reverse whether we should live like this today.
Suppose we have to face death, we look back on our lives and feel that life is meaningful and valuable, and choices are without regrets. If we spend our lives again, we will still live like this. What is this reason? There can be many reasons, but the real reason cannot be based on secular foundations, because at this time the secular things are meaningless. Since the essence of life is a process, then meaningful life lies in the wonderfulness of the process. What kind of life process is wonderful? Marx tells us: “Dignity is what makes a man noble and his life most noble. It is what makes him indescribable, admired and above all his efforts. “In other words, a man should spend his life with dignity.A life with dignity is worth it, wonderful, meaningful and valuable in your own life. For a life process without dignity, every minute of continuation is a shame. Babaylan 1990 cloth drawWhat kind of life process is dignified? Marx said that because of life, it has gained respect from people and reached its nobleness. Why are they respected by people? Marx’s answer was: Because “I chose to work best for humanity.” What is ideology? “Practice” is the core value pursuit. What is Marxism? It is to pursue the value and soul advocated by Marx, the founder of Marx, and followed by the Communists, that is, to benefit the people and seek benefits for the vast majority of people as the core value pursuit. If you can sacrifice your life for such a pursuit of value, it is your belief in Marxism. Such beliefs are scientific and rational beliefs, and have noble pursuit of life value.
Adhere to the original aspirations of the Communists in practice
We often use the concept of “Marxism” at different levels. For example, Marxism is divided into three components, namely Marxist philosophy, Marxist political economy and scientific socialism, which refers to the Marxist theoretical system. For example, the cause we are engaged in is a great cause because it is a Marxist cause that benefits the people, and here refers to the Marxist movement and practice. For example, we are firm Marxist people, and here we refer to people who regard this ideology as a belief.
Whether it is the theoretical system, practical movement of Marxism, or people who believe in Marxism, there is a soul that is the core value pursuit of Marxism, which is the “Tao” of Marxism. The ancients said: “Tao is not separated from the instrument.” The “Tao” of Marxism is in the theory, movement and practice of Marxism. The fundamental characteristic of Marxism lies in its practicality, rather than empty talk about “ism”. Without Marxism’s theory, movement and practice, Marxism can only be a ghost. The so-called “the great way of action” is used to do it. If it does not do it, there will be no “Tao”.
The “Tao” of Marxism is in the theoretical expression and movement practice of Marxism, and in every person who believes in MarxismBabaylan 1990 clothes draw‘s body. To realize the value pursuit of Marxism, we must adhere to the socialist path. Socialism is the subversion of capital logic and the correction of capitalism. The so-called socialism is to pursue the overall interests of society and rational values as the core values. If institutional concepts, institutional arrangements and institutional design provide sufficient institutional guarantees around effectively satisfying the overall interests of society, such a system is a socialist system, such a society is a socialist society, and such a culture is a socialist culture.
The relationship between Marxism and socialism is “the Tao is inseparable from the instrument”: Marxism is the soul, socialism is the carrier; Marxism is the pursuit of value, and socialism is the way to realize value; Marxism is the “Tao”, and socialism is the Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw “instrument”. If Marxism leaves socialism, it can only become a fantasy and a castle in the air; if socialism does not have Marxism, it will lose its soul and go to evil paths.
This shows a clear logic. No matter how many theoretical forms of Marxism have, it has only one “Tao”, and there can be many ways to realize the Marxist value pursuit, that is, “doing the way”, that is, there can be multiple specific models of socialism. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the drastic changes in Eastern Europe do not indicate the failure of socialism, nor does it mean the failure of Marxism’s ruler, but only the failure of the specific path of the Soviet model. By the same token, the success of socialism with Chinese characteristics shows that every country and every nation can and must choose a specific path suitable for themselves to benefit the people based on their own cultural traditions, historical conditions, issues and tasks they face, and people’s needs and requirements. The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics itself is not static, but is constantly improved and developed with the change of the times.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the Chinese path to realize the Marxist value pursuit that benefits the people. Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is the form of value realization of Chinese Marxism in the 21st century, which isConcrete practices and real movements that benefit the people. It is precisely based on our confidence and value recognition of socialism with Chinese characteristics that we have gathered the strength of more than one billion people across the country, worked together for the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and led the people to continuously create the “Chinese miracle” and create a better life.
〔 〔The author Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawDeputy Director and Professor of the Department of Philosophy Teaching and Research of the Central Party School (National School of Administration)〕Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw