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weakened but, on the contrary, it is strengthened still further. Socialist society is a society which meets the inherent desire of the working class, and this desire is that all the people be provided with full Chajusong by opposing selfishness and on the basis of collectivism. This desire of the working class agrees with the common human aspiration to Chajusong. Because socialist society is a society which meets the inherent desire of the working class, socialism and commu- nism can be built only under the leadership of the party which is the vanguard detachment of this class. The further the building of socialism and communism proceeds, the more the leadership of the party should be strengthened, instead of being weakened. Without the party's leadership it would be impossible to ensure the unity of the people in ideology and will, display the superiority of collectivism that is inherent in socialism, and beat the untrodden path of communism. Strengthening party leadership means improving the standard of party work in keeping with the developing situation, while maintaining the revolutionary principle of the working class in the revolution and construction. If a party fails to see the developing situation and retains outdated theories and methods, it will commit dogmatic and subjective mistakes; if it abandons the revolutionary principle of the working class on the plea of a changed situation, it will make revisionist and reformist.errors. The working-class party which leads socialist construc- tion must concentrate every effort on strengthening and enhancing the role of the subject of the revolution by improving party work. It is only when the subject of the revolution is strengthened and its role improved that we can succeed in harnessing nature and transforming society and also emerge 21