Assignment (Due 3/21 ):

One thing is certain. The world war is a turning point. It is foolish and mad to imagine that we need only survive the war, like a rabbit waiting out the storm under a bush, in order to fall happily back into the old routine once it is over. The world war has altered the conditions of our struggle and, most of all, it has changed us. Not that the basic law of capitalist development, the life-and-death war between capital and labor will experience any amelioration. But now, in the midst of the war, the masks are falling and the old familiar visages smirk at us. The tempo of development has received a mighty jolt from the eruption of the volcano of imperialism. The violence of the conflicts in the bosom of society, the enormousness of the tasks that tower up before the socialist proletariat – these make everything that has transpired in the history of the workers’ movement seem a pleasant idyll.

According to this passage “The world war is a turning point” meaning great impact the marks the beginning of important and significant change. They’re always been wars, people try to survive and history repeat itself. The worlds did no change, but humanity change and continue with ruins. Rosa Luxemburg's explained the society does not learn from their mistake. For example, Germany, Russian, American and others allies did not want to see what happen during world war I. Imperialism are egocentric. “It is foolish and mad to imagine that we need only survive the war, like a rabbit waiting out the storm under a bush, in order to fall happily back into the old routine once it is over”. People should try to change their routines if they want new transformation.

This passage relates to politics today because capitalism and those who have the power continue grow more every day. The working class continued falling dawn with no hope of survive. Exploitation of workers is continuing increase. On the other hand, Lowes working class does what they need to do in order to surviving. According perception of the people, they believe in dependence on capitalism. The same histories happen over and over. My question is how capitalist civilization continues alive?