The fourth anniversary of Lenin's October Revolution. The original text is: "We plan (it may be more accurate to say that our plan is not well thought out) to adjust the production and distribution of national products in a small-scale peasant country by means of direct orders from the proletarian state according to the principle of * * *. Real life shows that we are wrong. " (Selected Works of Lenin, Volume 4, People's Publishing House, 1995, p. 570)
Lenin's understanding of socialism has changed a lot in his later years, which can be summarized by a sentence in On Cooperatives, that is, "our whole view of socialism has changed fundamentally". (Complete Works of Lenin, Volume 43, page 367)
In the practice of domestic construction, Lenin "discovered" and emphasized the principle of material interests.
He said, "Because we are not good at implementing this principle, we suffer every step", which is "a stumbling block for many socialists".
"If socialism is linked with different worlds, it cannot survive. Under the current circumstances, we should link our survival with the relationship with capitalism. " (Complete Works of Lenin, Volume 4 1, Page 167)
"Now we have reason to say that for us, the development of cooperatives is equal to the development of socialism. At the same time, we have to admit that our whole view of socialism has changed fundamentally (Complete Works of Lenin, Volume 43, page 367).
"In our view, we have reason to say that, in our view, the development of cooperatives itself is equal to the development of socialism (except the above-mentioned' small'), so we have to admit that our whole view of socialism has undergone fundamental changes. This fundamental change is manifested in: in the past, we focused and should focus on political struggle, revolution, seizure of political power and so on. But now our focus has changed and turned to the' cultural' work of peace organizations. ..... If we put aside international relations and only talk about domestic economic relations, then our focus now is indeed cultural construction. "