It can be said that this is the point at which a world
outlook also begins to develop. This species called homo sapiens
did come into being, but it is now at such a stage in its
development that it is divided between those who want to play the
role inherent to the species, that is, continue the humanization
of the social and the natural environments on an uninterrupted
basis, and those who want to keep the stage of society as it is,
which is extremely destructive to both the social and the natural
environments and, most important, destructive to the very role
that nature gave to the homo sapiens as a species. Given its
inherent role, however, it is not possible to stop the species of
homo sapiens from humanizing the natural and the social
environments.
Taking into consideration the all-round development of the
class struggle, it can thus be concluded that the class struggle
waged by the working class today leads to the ongoing
humanization of the social and natural environments, while the
class struggle waged by the capitalist class leads to its
opposite, that is, dehumanization. If anyone is to acquire a
world outlook, they will have to participate in waging this class
struggle, either on the side of the working class or on the side
of the capitalist class. There is no middle ground. There is no
such thing as acquiring an outlook without waging the class
struggle. Formal learning does have its own place, but the
decisive and the highest school of learning is the class struggle
itself.
All the youth, both students and others, ought to
participate in politics. They must put politics in the first
place. They should be able to correlate to the fact that the
capitalist class discourages everyone, especially the youth, from
participating in politics. It does so because it knows that if
everyone were to participate in politics they would come to the
conclusion that it is not necessary to have a superfluous class
existing in society as the capitalist class. They will ask for
the overthrow of such a class and the system which perpetuates
it. However, by compelling them not to be political, the
capitalists get the youth to wage a class struggle against their
own interests, against the working class, and against the opening
of the door for the progress of society. It can be concluded by
analyzing concrete conditions that the reason why many youths
grope in the dark and have difficulty in acquiring a world
outlook is because they do not wage the class struggle or
participate in politics, which amounts to the same thing.
In a society as exists in the U.S. today and internationally,
people do not have a choice whether to participate in politics or
not. Nonetheless, the capitalist class demands that they must not
participate in politics. The working class, women, youth and
students are pressured to leave politics to politicians. How are
people to defend their interests if they do not participate in
politics? All members of the polity have a duty to that polity to
participate in politics. The entire existing political process, however,
marginalizes the members of the polity from participating in
political affairs. Without the people participating in the
political affairs of the country and internationally, they become
divided into factions in favor of this or that political party.
They begin to participate in politics against their own
interests.
Shawgi Tell
University at Buffalo
Graduate School of Education
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