Chairman
"We maintain the importance of the theory of ideology that people's ideology is a key aspect of the revolution and construction and it is decisive in everything."
The question of the essence of the revolutionary struggle and construction is the question what we should fold fast to and where the efforts should be directed to in the revolutionary struggle and construction. In other words, it is the question of what is the most powerful weapon for the successful implementation of the revolutionary struggle and construction.
The great Juche idea clarified scientifically that ideological consciousness plays a decisive role in man's activities for the first time in history and applied it to the revolutionary movement to clarify the new great truth that people's ideology is fundamental in the revolutionary struggle and construction work.
The ideology is the most powerful weapon for carving out the destiny of the working masses and successfully carrying out the revolution and construction; it also provides the basic guarantee for victoriously advancing and accomplishing the socialist cause.
The ideology of the working masses is the main factor in the revolutionary struggle and construction work. This means that the most important and top-ranking factor in the revolutionary struggle and construction work is the ideology of the people among the various factors that play a role in achieving success and victory in the revolutionary struggle and construction work.
When we say the main thing in the revolutionary struggle and construction work is people's ideology, it means the independent ideological consciousness of the working masses.
Several subjective and objective factors operate in the revolutionary struggle and construction work.
Since the revolution and construction are the movements of the motive force that the masses cause and propel purposefully and consciously as their direct masters and motives, the motive factor plays an important role first of all.
What is important in the motive factor acting on the revolutionary movement is the idea and knowledge of man himself, and ideological consciousness is the main factor.
Knowledge reflects the essence of things and phenomena of the objective world and the law-governed nature of their movement and development; scientific knowledge is the premise and basis for having correct ideological consciousness in relation to ideological consciousness.
Only when man has scientific knowledge, correct knowledge, can he properly judge his needs and interests in the object.
Scientific knowledge plays an important role in man's activities, revolution and construction.
Since man's activities are conducted in relation to the object, in order for man's cognitive and practical activities to be successful, they must be conducted in accordance with the characteristics of the objective subject.
Knowledge ensures that man's activities are conducted properly in conformity with the characteristics of objects and their laws of change and development.
Man cannot actively control his activities without knowing the characteristics of the object and the laws of its change and development.
Only when we have a correct understanding of the essence and laws of motion of things and phenomena can we transform nature and society successfully and accelerate the revolution and construction in conformity with our will and demands.
The more extensive and deep knowledge of nature and society is acquired, the more actively and materially it conducts its cognition and practical activities by making rational use of its own strength and objective conditions in conformity with the objective law.
Although scientific and technological knowledge plays a very important role in man's activities, the revolution and construction, it is ideological consciousness that constitutes the main factor in the relationship between ideological consciousness and knowledge.
It is because ideological consciousness determines the direction of formation and action of knowledge.
What knowledge man possesses at what level and how much he uses it is determined by his ideological consciousness.
The formation and development of knowledge and the direction of its action are defined by ideological consciousness because man's activities to explore and use knowledge are conducted on the basis of their needs and interests.
What level of ideological consciousness man has determined how he acquires and develops what knowledge and how he uses it for what.
The higher the level of ideological consciousness is, the more energetically we strive to acquire scientific knowledge and apply it to the revolution and construction.
For this reason, ideological consciousness dominates over knowledge, and it is not knowledge but people's ideology that is the main factor in the revolutionary struggle and construction work.
In the revolutionary struggle and construction work not only, the Juche factor but also the objective factor; the objective factor has various conditions including material and technical means and social system, international environment and natural and geographical conditions.
Since the revolution and construction waged by the masses are carried out under certain objective conditions and under their influence, various objective factors come into play in the revolution and construction.
Objective factors are mainly the environment and means of the revolution and construction; their preparedness and maturity have a great influence on the development of the revolutionary movement and its successful implementation.
The material conditions for fully guaranteeing the position and role of the masters to the masses are favourable conditions for establishing and consolidating the advanced socialist system and giving full play to its advantages.
Since the social system is a solid system of social order that regulates the social position and role of people, it exerts a great influence on the masses to initiate and advance the revolutionary movement.
In particular, depending on whether the political and economic systems of society are progressive or reactionary, conditions may be favorable for the revolution and construction and unfavorable conditions may be created.
The advanced and progressive social system is an objective condition favorable for the masses to victoriously advance the revolution and construction, whereas the reactionary and unpopular social system is an unfavorable objective condition.
Even the active support of the international revolutionary forces of a country is a favorable condition for the revolution to happen and help it win, and a good natural and geographical environment is a favorable condition for the revolution and construction to be speeded up relatively easily, whereas a bad natural and geographical environment is an unfavorable condition for carrying out the revolution and construction.
As objective conditions play an important role in the revolutionary struggle and construction work, in order to achieve success and victory in the revolution and construction, the objective conditions of the revolution and construction must be carefully taken into account and favourable objective conditions must be created and actively used.
However, the main factor in the victory of the revolution lies not in the objective conditions but in the ideological consciousness of the people, the motive force of the revolution.
It is because it is the people, the motive force, who make purposeful and conscious use of the objective conditions in the revolution and construction and make positive changes, and its success depends on the ideological preparedness of the motive force, the masses.
The motive force makes purposeful and conscious use of the objective conditions of the revolution and construction.
Depending on how the subject uses the objective condition purposefully and consciously, the objective condition may or may not be used effectively.
The main factor here is the ideological factor.
If the subject is not prepared ideologically and fails to perform its duty, no matter how favourable objective conditions are created, it will make to the revolution and construction because it is not properly used.
Only when the subject is firmly prepared ideologically can the favourable revolutionary situation be used properly and powerful material and technical means be used effectively in the revolution and construction.
And the progressive social system, favorable natural and geographical environment and international support and encouragement will be of practical help to the success and victory of the revolution and construction only when subject is mobilized ideologically and properly.
As such, the ideological factor is the direct factor that enables the motive force to achieve the victory of the revolution and construction by properly using the objective conditions purposefully and consciously, so it is the main factor acting on the victorious advance of the revolution and construction.
The motive force not only makes purposeful and conscious use of the objective conditions of the revolution but also actively changes them.
For the successful advance of the revolution and construction, unfavorable circumstances and conditions should be changed purposefully and consciously to make them favourable objective conditions.
It is the motive force to create circumstances and conditions favourable to the revolution by changing objective conditions, and the ideological factor is the main factor in determining the success of the activities of the subject.
The objective conditions, which were unfavorable, are changed into more favourable ones only by the positive action and role of the ideologically prepared motive force and purposeful and conscious efforts.
The ideological motive force determines how quickly the objective conditions are transformed into advantageous ones and thus act as an important factor in hastening the success and victory of the revolution and construction.
Even if the objective conditions of the revolution are unfavorable, it is possible to achieve the victory of the revolution and construction by transforming the subject ideologically into one that is advantageous.
Thanks to the immortal great Juche idea, the principle that people's ideology is the main thing in the revolutionary struggle and construction work was scientifically clarified for the first time in history, giving a scientific answer to the question of what main emphasis should be put on in the revolutionary struggle and construction work and providing a precious ideological and theoretical weapon firmly guaranteeing the victorious advance of the revolution and construction.
