Class interest alone cannot produce socialism when subjective revolutionary will is lacking

Evidence

Now the question that I would like to ask is: Is it enough for a socialist to say, “I believe in perfect equality in the treatment of the various classes?” To say that such a belief is enough is to disclose a complete lack of understanding of what is involved in socialism. If socialism is a practical programme and is not merely an ideal, distant and far off, the question for a socialist is not whether he believes in equality. The question for him is whether he minds one class ill-treating and suppressing another class as a matter of system, as a matter of principle—and thus allow tyranny and oppression to continue to divide one class from another. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 853 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A peasant class that self-produces its consumption cannot form collective political action; Marxism is not economic reductionism and requires attending to ideas in their own terms; Revolutionary socialism triumphed only in predominantly peasant societies (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Professing belief in equality is insufficient for a practical socialist programme #corroborates (0.90) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 853
• A peasant class that self-produces its consumption cannot form collective political action #corroborates (0.85)
• Revolutionary socialism triumphed only in predominantly peasant societies #complicates (0.85)
• Marxism is not economic reductionism and requires attending to ideas in their own terms #corroborates (0.80)