Note 1022 — Chapter III · : MARXISM

“Revolutionary syndicalism is the great educative force which contemporary society has at its disposal to prepare it for the tasks which await it.” (Sorel, Réflexions sur la Violence, p. 244; 1909.)

“In the general ruin of institutions something new and powerful will remain intact. This will be what is generally known as the proletarian soul, which it is hoped will survive the general reassessment of moral values, but that will depend on the energy displayed by the workers in resisting the corruption of the bourgeoisie and in meeting their advances with the most unmistakable hostility.” (Ibid., p. 253.)

It is altogether a different point of view from that of the consumer, the shareholder, or the “literary idler,” who are only interested in the success of buyers’ social leagues, or in consumers’ societies. Cf. p. 342.