The basic social contradiction refers to the contradiction that plays an overall braking role in the numerous contradictions of social organisms, that is, the contradiction between productivity and production relations, the contradiction between economic base and superstructure.

2. Class struggle is the direct driving force for the development of class opposition society.

The profound reason of social development lies in the basic contradiction of society, that is, the contradiction between productive forces and production relations, and the contradiction between the economic base and the superstructure restricted by this contradiction. In a class society, the basic social contradiction must be the class contradiction and class struggle between the exploited class and the exploited class, the ruling class and the ruled class.

3. Revolution is an important driving force to promote the replacement of social forms.

Revolution is a violent action by one class to overthrow another. Marxism holds that all reactionary and backward ruling classes will not easily withdraw from the historical stage because of their own interests, but will try their best to resist the revolution of the progressive class and do everything possible to safeguard their own rule. In this case, the progressive class can only change the social system through violent revolution.

4. Reform is a powerful driving force for social development.

Reform, a Chinese word, now often refers to changing the old system and old things. Partial or fundamental adjustment of the old relations of production and superstructure, reform is a powerful driving force for social development.

As an important standard of advanced productive forces, science and technology play a very important role in promoting social development.

Once science and technology are transformed into productive forces, it will greatly improve production efficiency, thus promoting rapid economic development, and its role greatly exceeds the transformation of the economy by capital and labor.

Extended data:

The running process of social development power;

The dynamic mechanism formed by the interaction of economic power, political power and cultural power should moderately promote social development. "Moderation" includes three indicators: dimension, measurement and harmony. Dimension is the direction of power. Judging from the dynamic direction of social development, whether it is moderate or not depends on whether it is consistent with the overall development goal of society.

Economic power, political power and cultural power, which are based on the profound roots of human survival and development needs, should be conducive to safeguarding people's basic survival needs, improving people's needs and the level of their satisfaction, and helping individuals and groups to coexist harmoniously. It measures the size and intensity of power.

Human needs and the pursuit of interests, as social expressions of needs, promote economic and social development, but the promotion of needs and the expectation of the degree of needs satisfaction must adapt to the reality, level and degree of social development. A society with insufficient motivation is sluggish and lacks vitality; However, the infinite expansion and violent expansion of demand and interests will cause social disorder and shock.

Moderate motivation is to combine the satisfaction of people's needs with a good social operation order, which can not only activate people's motivation to pursue reasonable interests, but also control various social motives and activities within the scope of rules and order.

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