The spectrum of the political system is often a) assumed to spread across a horizontal plane, whilst b) also correlating with a vertically-defined class system. This apparent contradiction stems from the ‘Bourgeoisie’ (the ‘middle-class’) historically wrestling power from the ‘Aristocracy’ (the ‘upper-class’) – whilst simultaneously preventing the ‘Proletariat’ (the ‘working-class’) from assuming political power. Whereas the class-system is vertical in nature – the ‘Bourgeoisie’ presents its horizontal power as being both ‘normal’ and ‘inevitable’ – inhabiting the ‘centre-ground’ of a political plane possessing no ‘up’ or ‘down’. In many ways, this illusion is used by the ‘Bourgeoisie’ as a means to prevent the ‘Proletariat’ from seizing the means of production by literally pretending that the vertical class-system simply does not exist. The only acceptable movement permitted on the political spectrum is to the left, right or centre – through which the ‘Bourgeoisie’ gives the false impression that it quite naturally inhabits. Any change of this arrangement is presented as being the ‘usurping’ of the natural order – a development that must not be encouraged in any way. (Hence the a priori ‘anti-Communist’ default position).
This is the primary contradiction that defines the contemporary political system. The ‘Bourgeoisie’ is numerically greater in number than the ‘Aristocracy’ – but significantly smaller than the ‘Proletariat’. This is why the political power possessed by the ‘Bourgeoisie’ does NOT truly represent the centre-ground it claims to occupy. The genuine centre-ground, in fact, is occupied by the vastly more numerous ‘Proletariat’ – but this is not reflected in the current political system. A privileged numerical minority (the ‘Bourgeoisie’) possesses all the political power. Of course, this arrangement represents a slight improvement in that the ‘Aristocracy’ – the smallest number once possessing the greatest power – lost its power to a group of enriched peasants who gained political prominence through its mercantile activity. To misquote Mao Zedong – ‘Political power grows out of the barrel of the storeroom!’ Whereas the control of the means of production moves up and down a vertical sliding-scale – the ‘Bourgeoisie’ (once it acquires political power) – pretends that this sliding-scale exists only on a flat (sterile) horizontal-scale.
Whereas the control of the means of production should effortlessly slide downwards into the hands of the ‘Proletariat’ – the ‘Bourgeoisie’ generates (and maintains) a ‘false’ and ‘stagnant’ political stability. Meanwhile, the ‘left’ (Proletariat) and ‘right’ (Aristocracy) battle it out through the ‘Bourgeoisie’ – the latter of which always retains the reins of power. The myth is that political power significantly ‘changes’ if it shifts ‘left’ and ‘right’ across a horizontal plane – when the reality is that a genuine ‘Revolution’ only occurs if the means of production changes hands ‘up’ or ‘down’ through vertical movement. If anything, this understanding demonstrates that the ‘left’ cannot gain any genuine political power if it is forced to depend upon the (liberal) political system devised by the ‘Bourgeoisie’. The far-right, however, can infect and infest society using the ‘Bourgeoisie’ system on its way to the usurping of total political power. This pathway benefits the fascists – but does not assist the ‘leftists’ in anyway. The reality is that ‘fascism’ merely represents the extreme edge of the ‘Bourgeoisie’ and does NOT exceed it!
Fascism is the fulfilment of a certain type of ‘Bourgeoisie’ political ideology and is very difficult to dislodge. Whereas the ‘Proletariat’ represents a complete transformation of society – ‘fascism’ is nothing but a completion of a certain vision of the ‘Bourgeoisie’. Therefore, the ‘fascists’ and the ‘Bourgeoisie’ always work together hand-in-hand – and conspire to prevent the ‘Proletariat’ (working-class) from taking power anywhere in the world. Together, these two expressions of the ‘Bourgeoisie’ prevent the means of production from reverting back into the hands of the ‘Aristocracy’ or progressing forward into the hands of the ‘Proletariat’. Fascism, therefore, is a ‘reflection’ of the ‘Bourgeoisie’. A ‘mythic’ reality that advocates a misnomer. The far-right is merely a dark-corner of the Bourgeoisie – and nothing else – as both are essentially anti-working-class. Just as long as the Bourgeoisie can keep the political focus firmly upon the horizontal plane – then no genuine Revolution can take place on the vertical plane.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 