Society Develops with the Development of the Creative Role of the Popular Masses

The Juche idea not only clarifies that the socio-historical movement is a creative movement of the masses, but also elucidates the law-governed process through which society develops with the enhancement of the creative role of the masses, and thus gives a correct understanding to the development of the socio-historical movement, the development of human society.

How does society develop with the improvement of the masses’ creative ability?

Leader Kim Jong Il said:

“The development of society is attained, in the long run, with the improvement of the masses’ creative ability and role.”

That society develops with the improvement of the masses’ creative role means that with the growth of the masses’ independent ideological consciousness and creative ability, their creative activity is strengthened and correspondingly social wealth is increased and social relationship is improved.

The socio-historical movement as a creative movement of the masses further advances through the improvement of their consciousness of independence and creative ability and the strength of their creative activity.

This is the law inherent in the development of the socio-historical movement as a creative movement, the development of human history.

As the masses’ creative activity is the process of manifestation of creative ability based on the consciousness of independence, it is impossible to have a correct understanding of the development of the socio-historical movement as a creative movement without the improvement of consciousness of independence and creative ability.

The progress of society begins with the development of the masses’ consciousness of independence and creative ability, and is made through the law-governed process in which social wealth is increased and social relationship is improved in keeping with the enhancement of the masses’ creative role.

The progress of society, above all, begins with the development of the masses’ consciousness of independence and creative ability.

The development of society means that man, social wealth and social relations develop. The progress of society begins not with the development of social wealth or social relations, but with that of consciousness of independence of man, the popular masses.

The popular masses are the performers in the development of society.

Social wealth and social relations used by all generations in the development of history are things which were made by the preceding generation, and they are nothing but objective conditions of social progress.

The popular masses are the creators who produce new social wealth and social relations and the masters of society that make use of and reshape them. Creation can not be made without the development of the creator.

If new material wealth is to be created, first of all, man, who demands it and has an ability to plan and manufacture it, must appear. If a new social system is to be established, man who has progressive idea demanding the system and has an ability to transform the old social system into a new one should be prepared before anything else.

As the decisive factor in starting and pushing forward social movement is not social wealth or social relations, but the popular masses, it is law-governed that the process of social development begins with the development of the masses’ consciousness of independence and creative ability.

Social progress, next, is made through the process in which social wealth is increased and social relations are improved in keeping with the improvement of the masses’ creative role thanks to the development of their consciousness of independence and creative ability.

Social wealth increases according to the strengthening of the masses’ creative role.

The increase of social wealth means that the means of life necessary for satisfying human being’ s desire become plentiful and the means useful for his creative activity become more diversified and powerful.

The popular masses demand the creation of social wealth and conduct creative activity for its materialization in keeping with the degree of development of their consciousness of independence and creative ability. The higher their level of development is, the higher the level of their demand is, and accordingly more diversified and developed social wealth is created by their efforts to meet their demand.

That social wealth is created and developed according to the increase of the masses’ creative role is proved by the process of development of social wealth.

When we observe the historical process of development of labor tools, it can be said to be the process in which the stone tool was developed into the bronze ware, which was developed into the iron ware, and the hand operated machine was developed into the power-driven machine, automatic one and electronic one. Such process of development of labor tools is the process in which the masses’ creative role has been improved in keeping with the development of their creative ability.

Social relationship is also improved with the strengthening of the masses’ creative role.

The improvement of social relations means that it is rationally improved so that independence and creativity of the people may be realized satisfactorily.

To what extent the masses’ desire for independence is realized socially is mainly related to what social position they occupy, whereas how much they increase their creative power is mainly related to the role they play in society. Therefore, that social relationship is rationally improved precisely means that it is improved so that the masses’ social position and role may be enhanced.

Social relationship is improved in keeping with the level of development of the masses’ revolutionary ability.

The popular masses abolish old social relationship and establish new one to rationally improve it as they have desire for independence to live as masters of society, free from all kinds of social bondage and fetters.

If the level of the masses’ consciousness of independence is low, it is impossible for them to know contradiction and irrationality of social relationship, and thus fail to improve and develop social relationship. If the level is high, they come to know contradiction and irrationality of society and improve and develop social relationship.

The higher the level of the masses’ consciousness of independence is, the more progressive social relations they demand and the more active struggle they make to meet their demand. The masses establish and develop new social relations with their revolutionary ability.

However strong and high the masses’ desire for independence may be, contradictory and irrational old social relations can not be improved and developed only by it. The improvement and development of old social relations can be made when the masses demand it and have revolutionary ability to meet their demand. It is because reactionaries of history make desperate efforts to preserve the old social relations.

The development of the masses’ revolutionary ability means that they are firmly united as a political force with common aim and ideal.

Reactionary exploiting system is abolished and new progressive social system is established in keeping with the increase of the masses’ revolutionary ability.

Old social system is kept by the reactionary forces who have interests in it.

They take hold of state power and the means of production, check the masses’ revolutionary advance availing themselves of favorable conditions that they control everything of society and make desperate efforts to recover their position even after they are dispossessed of power.

Therefore, an old social system is abolished and a new progressive one is established in keeping with the level of increase of the masses’ revolutionary ability that is able to defeat the reactionary forces and suppress their resistance.

In a socialist society, too, the popular masses increase their creative role and administer state and society in keeping with the role, and thus display the advantage of socialist system and consolidate and develop it.

A progressive socialist system is managed by the masses, its master. So, a socialist system is developed and consolidated as the revolutionary ability of the masses, as master of state and society is developed and their creative role is improved.

That social relationship is improved and developed in accordance with the development of the masses’ revolutionary ability and the improvement of their creative role is proved by the historical process of development of social systems.

The popular masses have ceaselessly enhanced their position and role while continuously waging creative struggle against reactionary ruling class, exploiting class in the process of development of their creative ability, revolutionary ability.

Social history has been made from the primitive society to the socialist one through the slave-hold society, the feudal society and the capitalist society by the masses’ creative struggle.

The transition of human society from the slave-hold society to the capitalist society through the feudal society was a certain progress in enhancing the masses’ social position and role. That the exploitative society had not been abolished but existed for a long time changing its form and the masses had been harshly suppressed and exploited is related to the fact that the masses’ revolutionary ability was not developed to the degree of completely abolishing the exploiting system and establishing the social system free from exploitation and suppression. The working class emerged at a certain stage of social development and the masses’ revolutionary ability developed into a high level, and thus the popular masses were able to abolish the old exploiting system and establish the new progressive socialist system.

Like this, society ceaselessly develops through the law-governed process in which social wealth is increased and social relations are improved as the masses’ consciousness of independence and creative ability develop and accordingly their creative role is strengthened.