On Contradiction - Mao
Red Menace
The New Superseding the Old
Every contradiction at any given time has a dominant aspect and a subordinate one. It's very clear that in capitalism, the bourgeoisie is the dominant aspect over the proletariat. If the opposite were true, we would be in a socialist transition period. So it's the contradiction between the new and the old that insures things never fall into a static pendulum swing back and forth. For the moment the principal aspect of a principal contradiction gets overwhelmed by its opposite, it undergoes a qualitative change. In capitalist society, capitalism has changed its position from being a subordinate force in the old feudal era to being the dominant force. Thereupon the nature of society changes, and the old capitalist society becomes new socialist
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