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Polemic on General Line of International ... - From Marx to Mao

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<strong>to</strong> decide “who will win” in the struggle between socialismand capitalism. Several decades w<strong>on</strong>’t do it; success requiresanywhere from <strong>on</strong>e <strong>to</strong> several centuries. On the questi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong>durati<strong>on</strong>, it is better <strong>to</strong> prepare for a l<strong>on</strong>ger rather than ashorter period <strong>of</strong> time. On the questi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> effort, it is better<strong>to</strong> regard the task as difficult rather than easy. It will bemore advantageous and less harmful <strong>to</strong> think and act in thisway. Any<strong>on</strong>e who fails <strong>to</strong> see this or <strong>to</strong> appreciate it fullywill make tremendous mistakes. During the his<strong>to</strong>rical period<strong>of</strong> socialism it is necessary <strong>to</strong> maintain the dicta<strong>to</strong>rship <strong>of</strong> theproletariat and carry the socialist revoluti<strong>on</strong> through <strong>to</strong> theend if the res<strong>to</strong>rati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> capitalism is <strong>to</strong> be prevented, socialistc<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> carried forward and the c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s created forthe transiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>to</strong> communism.THIRD, the dicta<strong>to</strong>rship <strong>of</strong> the proletariat is led by theworking class, with the worker-peasant alliance as its basis.This means the exercise <strong>of</strong> dicta<strong>to</strong>rship by the working classand by the people under its leadership over the reacti<strong>on</strong>aryclasses and individuals and those elements who oppose socialisttransformati<strong>on</strong> and socialist c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>. Within the ranks<strong>of</strong> the people democratic centralism is practised. Ours is thebroadest democracy bey<strong>on</strong>d the bounds <strong>of</strong> possibility for anybourgeois state.FOURTH, in both socialist revoluti<strong>on</strong> and socialist c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>it is necessary <strong>to</strong> adhere <strong>to</strong> the mass line, boldly <strong>to</strong> arousethe masses and <strong>to</strong> unfold mass movements <strong>on</strong> a large scale.The mass line <strong>of</strong> “from the masses, <strong>to</strong> the masses” is the basicline in all the work <strong>of</strong> our Party. It is necessary <strong>to</strong> havefirm c<strong>on</strong>fidence in the majority <strong>of</strong> the people and, above all,in the majority <strong>of</strong> the worker-peasant masses. We must begood at c<strong>on</strong>sulting the masses in our work and under nocircumstances alienate ourselves from them. Both commandismand the attitude <strong>of</strong> <strong>on</strong>e dispensing favours have <strong>to</strong> befought. The full and frank expressi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> views and greatdebates are important forms <strong>of</strong> revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary struggle whichhave been created by the people <strong>of</strong> our country in the course472

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