Politics Based on the Working-Class-after-Army
Principle
The accomplishment of the independent
cause, or the socialist cause, of the popular masses depends on what principle
the revolutionary forces responsible for the undertaking are formed.
Important is the issue of the
main driving force of the revolution.
This is one of the key
problems in strengthening the driving forces of the revolution and enhancing
their role so as to promote the revolutionary movement.
The driving forces of the revolution
are the direct undertaker that purposefully and consciously starts the revolutionary
movement and actively propels it, and the main driving force of the revolution
plays the leading role as the elite of the driving forces of the revolution.
The victorious advance of the revolution
is guaranteed by the might of the driving forces, and the might of the driving
forces depends on that of the main force.
Songun politics clarified that
which class, strata or collective of a society become the main force of the revolution
is determined by their positions and roles in the revolution and construction
and their revolutionary spirit, organization and fighting efficiency.
The previous revolutionary
theory, on the basis of analysis of the class relations of society at that time,
maintained that the working class was the most advanced and revolutionary class
whose mission was to liquidate the domination by capital and all manner of
exploiting systems and realize socialism and communism, and defined the working
class as the leading class and the main driving force of the revolution.
Now, however, more and more
workers are becoming intellectualized, and on the rapid increase is the number
of workers engaged in technical, intellectual or mental work instead of
physical work. This reality shows
that the main force of the revolution should not be defined in view of class
relations.
Songun politics, free from any
established theory or formula, defined the army as the main force of the revolution
on the basis of scientific explanation of the position it takes in the revolutionary
struggle.
The Juche-oriented view of the
army is that the army is a group of the strongest revolutionary spirit, organization
and capacity for unity, and thus takes the leading position and plays a decisive
role in accomplishing the socialist cause.
Originally, an army is a group whose
mission is to wage a do-or-die armed struggle.
A revolutionary
army is formed with progressive elements of all strata including workers,
farmers and intellectuals and represents the basic interests of the popular
masses.
This is why the soldiers of
such army are stronger than anyone else in revolutionary determination and
will. The army regards discipline as its life, so there is no match for the
army in organization and the capacity for unity.
With the progress of the revolution
and construction in a socialist society, the positions and roles of social collectives
are continuously enhanced.
Still, no organization or
collective can take the same position and play the same role as the revolutionary
army.
Therefore, the development of a socialist
society requires that the army be put forward as the pillar, main driving
force, of the revolution.
As mentioned above, Songun
politics makes it possible to strengthen the driving forces of the revolution
on the principle of the working class after the army, and successfully advance
the socialist cause by dint of their decisive role.