And now for all of us to do our duty! The clarion call is ringing in our ears and we cannot falter without being convicted of treason to ourselves and to our great cause. Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth. Yes, in good time we are going to sweep into power in this nation and throughout the world. We are going to destroy all enslaving and degrading capitalist institutions and re-create them as free and humanizing institutions. The world is daily changing before our eyes. The sun of capitalism is setting; the sun of socialism is rising. It is our duty to build the new nation and the free republic.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Socialists must act now to replace capitalist institutions with free, humanizing ones.
- In plain terms
- Do your duty to build a socialist world instead of worrying about treason to masters.
- What can you take from it?
- Building new institutions is a duty to overcome capitalist structures.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What new institutions do you want to build?
- What is your duty now?
Another view
It assumes revolutionary power transfer is inevitable and universally desired.
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