Revolution fundamentally pursues human dignity rather than mere material survival

Evidence

The essence of revolution is not the struggle for bread; it is the struggle for human dignity. Certainly this includes bread. And at the base of any revolutionary situation are economic conditions. But beyond a certain point of development, on this same basis, it is more important for a people to have guns in hand than to eat more than the year before. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 33

Categorization

• XREF: Reverses economistic readings of revolution; echoes against materialist orthodoxies the reader likely holds. — connects to: Real revolution is an inner process preceding any outward violence; Survival under extremity can require moral transformation — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 15; Socialism requires the material transformation of human beings, not merely of production — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 35 (+2 more)

Related

• Socialism requires the material transformation of human beings, not merely of production (similarity 0.84)
• Revolution is presupposed as necessary, not debated as ethical (similarity 0.82)
• Socialism requires a transforming revolution because human experience is material. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Revolutionary violence must be contextualized rather than used to dismiss its ideals #corroborates (0.55)
• Socialism requires the material transformation of human beings, not merely of production #expands (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 35
• Survival under extremity can require moral transformation #qualifies (0.40) — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 15