Comrades, we have previously analyzed the reasons why capitalism will inevitably perish, such as the incompatibility between productivity and production relations . Today we are going to analyze the development of capitalism and the inevitability of its demise, the parasitic nature of the bourgeoisie .
Comrades, before thinking about the reasons why the bourgeoisie will inevitably perish, we must first think about why feudalism perished with the rise of capitalism? What are the reasons behind the reflection of the British Bourgeois Revolution and the French Bourgeois Revolution? What kind of force supports this change in social form?
In the middle ages of Western Europe , the feudal aristocrats were dominant. Did Western Europe in the Middle Ages voluntarily give up their status, change their political form, and embrace capitalism? is obviously not. The main thing is that the growth of social wealth has changed from land rent in the past to commodity consumption transformed from wealth plundered in the Age of Discovery, to the subsequent technological revolution , which can steadily output advanced productivity .
At this time, although in terms of political form, they were still the old aristocrats and the old kings, they had the final say, but they had gradually turned into an empty shell that only collected fixed taxes, and turned into a complete parasitic class.
Some people may say, weren’t they a parasitic class before capitalism? Don’t they have feudal oppression? This is not the case. It means that in the feudal era, under the backward productivity conditions, the feudal system was needed to maintain the stability of the production and living order. From a productivity perspective, they have formed a dynamic balance between and . That is to say, before the productivity has been completely updated and improved, the means to maintain this dynamic balance is . As feudal exploitation increases, the original productivity cannot support the lives of these ruling classes. These classes have become contradictions that hinder the improvement of productivity. Therefore, It caused peasant uprisings and wars. Through feudal wars, resources were redistributed, destroying the original ecology and allowing these feudal systems to continue to have an adaptable economic basis.
However, the technological revolution represented by the Spinning Jenny completely changed this outcome. The reason is that there has been no breakthrough growth in the development of productivity, which is why the feudal system can continue to continue. However, the growth of productivity is advancing rapidly, and the original feudal system and feudal aristocracy cannot play the role as before. Maintaining social order and providing stable production and living conditions has, on the contrary, suppressed advanced productivity through exorbitant taxes and various other feudal systems. However, advanced productivity is different from the previous productivity growth that boiled frogs in warm water. It is an explosion. The rapid growth, economic prosperity through commodity transactions and trade, is the continuous strengthening of emerging productivity forces. How does describe this development? It's just like a child. When he grows up, his original clothes can no longer be worn. If he insists on wearing them, he will break them. They have become completely parasitic again and have no need to continue to exist. Who controls the emerging advanced productivity of ? The bourgeoisie evolved from commodity trade. If there are specific people and specific classes to control the productive forces, they will inevitably have conflicts and struggles with the old system.
However, this kind of struggle and conflict evolved into two completely different forms, one was the British Glorious Revolution , and the other was the fierce French Bourgeois Revolution . In fact, one is that the old feudal aristocrat has completely become a mascot and a parasite. only needs a gentle push to get rid of this parasite . Therefore, from the perspective of intensity, the British The bourgeois revolution was not intense. It was just a matter of historical reasons and the legacy of feudal ideology. It did not completely remove the king's hat, but it still turned him into a rubber stamp.In France, because of its vast land and so many feudal landowners, the feudal forces were tenacious. Therefore, the emerging bourgeoisie had fierce conflicts and pulls with the old ones. However, the revolution was more thorough, and the feudal remnants were basically eliminated. The process of historical development led both countries to eventually embark on the path of the bourgeoisie.
The productivity that the old system can accommodate is limited, while the growth of emerging productivity far exceeds what the old system can accommodate. So, the emerging productivity continues to grow until even that kind of skin, that kind of so-called aristocratic gentleman's skin is torn off. Therefore, it is said in the Communist Manifesto that capitalism makes all romantic overtones of manorial discrimination disappear. Even in all the monarchies that exist in the world today, the economic sources that monarchs rely on to maintain their existence are all maintained under the form of a capitalist system. Even land rent is collected in accordance with capitalist contracts. To do things, in terms of economic form, they have entered capitalist society . It can even be said that they have become members of the new bourgeoisie and their spokespersons. Their superficial feudal status cannot deny them Inherently bourgeois in nature, all they eat and drink are industrial products.
The existence of the old classes no longer has any role in this world. They have no use except hindering the development of productivity and existing as representatives of old ideas. They continue to advocate maintaining the old system because they have no new ones. In the creation of productive forces, they can only maintain the vested interests they have, and the imagination in their heads is only like this. It is incredible if you ask a feudal emperor to think about the Internet. For a feudal emperor, they will always stay on the basis of feudal productivity. On the other hand, stagnant thoughts filled my mind with only unruly people and imperial grain . Take China as an example. Even if China’s feudal emperors collected commercial taxes through the Shipping Department, even if most of the taxes in the Southern Song Dynasty came from commercial taxes, their The only thing in his mind is to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, collect agricultural taxes, and implement a closed door to the outside world.
A phased summary:
1. The demise of the old class is first reflected in the fact that they cannot grasp the emerging productive forces and can only rely on the old and rotten income under the old system to survive. When the emerging productive forces continue to grow and surpass the old ones, Some productive forces have turned these old ones into a dispensable parasite, a parasitic class that can be overthrown by new forces at any time.
2. The demise of the old class is reflected in the fact that it still occupies a mainstream position in politics, but as long as With a gentle push, it will disappear. The old system it relies on has seriously restricted the development of emerging productive forces, and has sharp conflicts with the class that controls the emerging productive forces. In the end, it will be eliminated by the more powerful emerging class.
Having analyzed so much, let’s look at capitalism. Capitalism has gradually turned into a parasitic class, or in other words, completely turned into a parasitic class.
is first reflected in their separation of productivity control . What does this mean? It is that they do not really control productive labor , but exploit the surplus value to support the bourgeoisie through the trick of ownership. A significant sign of the development of this ownership trick is the separation of the management rights of and the ownership of . The stocks they control control the capital. Which industry they invest in actually does not depend on the specific operation, but on the actual operation. Waiting to cash out stock dividends. Isn’t this like the landowner who did nothing in feudal society and collected land rent? From a practical perspective, the productive forces have been transferred to the hands of the proletariat, and are constantly developing in the hands of the proletariat.
When they become a parasitic class and cannot control specific productivity, they become dispensable and will be overthrown at any time. For example, the financial capital that is playing soaring now, and the current in the United States are just empty , that is, they have completely fallen into the circle of capital. controls production tools and production products through ownership, but controls it with a piece of paper. How weak and feeble is, the zero-dollar purchase in the United States, when a group of thugs come in front of them, they will stop talking about it. However, in order to control this piece of paper, they will develop more and more violent methods , just like burning the landowner's title deed in the past. On the surface, they burned a piece of paper, in essence, they can't stop me from forcing it to burn. This piece of paper shows that the violent weapons of the landlord class are no longer useful.
Some people will say, hasn’t capitalism still been overthrown?
That is because of the ugly methods of the bourgeoisie. Now this era is forced into a dynasty change like the feudal era, destroying productivity . In the absence of significant improvements in science and technology, the capitalist system cannot grasp these productive forces, and will take measures to destroy productivity, and a financial crisis will erupt. , destroy everything and turn it into the primitive stage , so that the capitalist system will continue to exist. Therefore, as long as the capitalist system exists for one day, the people will always suffer from this repeated pain .
In addition, capitalism has not yet ossified to that stage. This is another way to continue the productivity of capitalism, just like they learned from the planned economy and welfare system of the Soviet Union. eases social conflicts and prevents them from completely erupting. In addition, absorbs advanced technology to expand the productivity it can accommodate. This aspect can be understood in this way, that is, he absorbs and colludes with all corrupt and backward dark forces to maintain his rule. They will recruit some local ruffians to engage in white terror. Or they recruit some scientists through economic means to work for their benefit. This, both positive and negative, is one of the reasons why they can continue to survive. However, everyone can also find this fact. No matter how advanced the production project it invests in, it is essentially controlled through bourgeois means, that is, equity capital. If we say that capital stimulates innovation and stimulates economic growth, the model will not work. , that is the day when capitalism accelerates its demise!
