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Philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways the point however is to change it.

Has the history ended?

Posted by philosophicmind on January 20, 2007

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, bourgeois philosophers and thinkers were ebullient to celebrate the so called failure of communism and eternal triumph of capitalism world wide.
Articles got written, lectures were given and slogan chanted all claiming that since now scientific socialism belongs to the past and only could be found in history books.
It was also alleged that collapse of the Soviet Union is a proof, emphasizing that scientific socialism is not applicable and is doomed to fail.
For the socialists it is clear that soviet union was not representative of true communism so its` collapse has nothing to do with failure of Marxism but it was another insisting on the eligibility of Marxism way of interpretation of the world; where we can find in the writings of Marxist philosophers that, communism without democracy is nothing and communism can not survive in one country for long time and without a global annihilation of capitalistic relations, will loose.
However when we take a closer look into the former Soviet Union , find out that ruling Stalinists in Kremlin were far away from Marxist ideals and were applying everything in action but the true communism.
The high rate of corruption among soviet politicians and their rush for giving back the Russia to the hands of capitalism are few signs of their infidelity to the idea of communism.
Neither soviets were ideal communists, nor has the capitalism done anything to solve its fundamental crisis and internal contradictions, so let’s put a false on the allegation of bourgeois thinkers and say: Marxism has not failed.
Theory of the end of history was first announced by Francis Fukoyama an American expert of political economics. According to his view, during the cold war the world was a battlefield for confrontation of two major schools of thinking; capitalism and Marxism and process of everything which was taking place all around the planet less or more was affected by the struggle of these two ideas, including wars, revolutions, regime changes and any violence and brutality was referred to the consequences of everlasting conflict of capitalism and communism.
It is necessary to underline that in this interpretation the just side was imperialists and communists were criminals which innocent capitalist were trying to eliminate them and making the world a better place!
After the collapse of the Soviet Union this confrontation was over (world without communist regimes become a safer place!) and everything was ready to establish an everlasting era of peace for the human kind under the commandership of western imperialism because the source of all violence and wars (communism) had seized to exist so peace lover capitalists could carry out their goal for realizing the heaven like conditions for humans.!
This situation meant that human history from one hand won’t see any major war as has had before and won’t have any other ideology to confront with capitalism from other hand because the only foe of it (Marxism) has been destroyed.
More than fifteen years have gone, and today’s world is full of wars, genocides and crimes all committed by capitalists all around the world.
Iraq, Kosovo, Sudan, Rwanda, Middle East and lots of other places of the globe are burning in the flames which imperialism has ignited to ensure the safety of its interests.
Nowadays, even the risk of a devastating nuclear war is much more serious comparing with the cold war era. By a simple study it would be clear that irresponsible countries have gained the atomic technology and have or trying to attain the nuclear weapons as well. Any wise man or woman can easily guess what the outcome will be.
The only conclusion we can take is the expansion of vulgarism and ignorance in the international relations and within individuals` minds as the result of utilitarianistic policy pursued by imperialists.
Despite these, maybe from one aspect the theory of the end of history could be correct and that is the lack of a genuine internationalist Marxist movement for confronting and struggling with capitalism.
A revolutionary tendency is needed in order to put an end to the hideous reign of capital over the destiny of human kind. Without organized and ambitious revolutionary socialist parties, the mankind won’t have any hope to terminate its miseries and unjust social and economical dilemmas caused by money centered values and rules.
This statement should not be considered as a pessimistic expression but it is a warning for those who feel a responsibility towards the survival of humanity and its` achievements threatened by warmonger bourgeoisie. Unfortunately these days such a party or movement is either rare or weak and is not ready to play its historical role in annihilation of capitalism.
Chanting slogan in defense of scientific socialism is not enough and swinging into action is needed.
The key issue in such action is to the enlightenment of the masses however it is possible. People are lacking a clear view over the real relations that exist all around them the media are inputting the false information in the peoples` brains and show them a disguised view of the reality. Masses must find out the brutality and at the same time the hypocrisy of class society, the ways which bourgeoisie uses to make a justified explanation out of its selfish and destructive aims. Bourgeoisie uses the ignorance of the masses as a tool for cheating and repressing them.
The information means as the weapon of capitalism should be used against it, articles must get written, lectures have to be given and booklets should be distributed all disclosing the harms of class society and pointing out the incompetence of imperialism.
Once the enlightenment is completed and alienation is replaced by wisdom and self-confidence among the masses, then, the basic foundation for establishment of true socialism would be ready; the democracy. Individuals can make a correct choice when they have got a clear and correct perspective over the entire issues.
Socialism must be the choice of societies in order to show its expected function. In this regard democracy is the only way to ensure such a free choice.
These are my suggestions for empowerment of scientific socialism as the only alternative for the imperialism and hope that anyone who reads this article can benefit them.
All socialists believe that dialectic never stops and every thesis has its anti-thesis, imperialism is not everlasting and humankind will witness its deterioration and glorious triumph of true socialism.
History has not ended, break the blockade of the minds and see the flood like movement of awakened humans trying to build up a world of their own.

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