To solve the problem of people's livelihood, we must rely on the scientific theory guidance of Marxist philosophy. In the theoretical system of Marxist philosophy, people's development, life and interests are the most concerned. We should proceed from reality, analyze specific problems, and care about solving people's livelihood problems in a down-to-earth manner.
People's livelihood is the basic issue of socialist construction and reform, and it is also an important issue to implement Scientific Outlook on Development and build a harmonious socialist society. The party and the government have always attached great importance to and paid attention to people's livelihood. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the social construction focusing on improving people's livelihood. Marxist philosophy is a scientific world outlook system. In the process of building a harmonious socialist society in an all-round way, it is of great theoretical and practical significance to analyze people's livelihood issues from a philosophical perspective and explore ways to solve them.
I. People's livelihood and livelihood issues
The word "people's livelihood" first appeared in Zuo Zhuan? In the twelfth year of Gong Xuan, the so-called "people's livelihood is thrifty, and diligence is not lacking". The "people" here are the people. The explanation of "people's livelihood" in Ci Hai is "people's livelihood", which is a word with humanistic thought and humanistic care, and a kind of popular feelings is permeated in the discourse context. The ancients said: "The way to govern the country is to be sincere for the people; The way to govern the country must first enrich the people. " Throughout the history of China for thousands of years, people live and work in peace and contentment, and the world is at peace; Where people are poor, there will be social unrest.
People's livelihood issues, in short, are closely related to people's lives, mainly in necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, education and medical care for children. Education is the foundation of people's livelihood, employment is the foundation of people's livelihood, income distribution is the source of people's livelihood, and social security is the safety net of people's livelihood. These four problems are the basic problems of people's livelihood. People's livelihood is the most concerned, direct and realistic interest issue of the people. Paying attention to people's livelihood, attaching importance to people's livelihood, safeguarding people's livelihood and improving people's livelihood are in line with the nature, purpose and goal of the party. Solving people's livelihood problems is the concrete embodiment of implementing Scientific Outlook on Development. The core of Scientific Outlook on Development is people-oriented, that is, development is for the people, development depends on the people, and the fruits of development are enjoyed by the people. Pay attention to people's quality of life and happiness index, truly embody the purpose of development in meeting people's needs, realizing people's interests and improving people's living standards, and finally realize people's all-round development. Therefore, only by always putting the interests of the people in the first place and paying attention to and solving the practical problems they care about can we fundamentally maintain the long-term stability of the country.
Second, Marxist philosophy and people's livelihood thought analysis
Paying attention to people's livelihood is the proper meaning of Marxist philosophy. Compared with previous philosophy, Marxist philosophy is the most scientific and concerned about people. Before the emergence of Marxism, humanitarianism has always been an important weapon of capitalism, which is closely linked with idealism. In contrast, the old materialism before Marxism ignored, ignored and even was hostile to people. Even in Feuerbach, who called himself a humanist, he only saw abstract people, idealized love and friendship.
In the theoretical system of Marxist philosophy, people's development, life and interests are the most concerned. In Marx's view, the first premise of human existence is to be able to live, all social life is practical in essence, and history is only the development of human practical activities in time. For Marxist philosophy, things or nature that have nothing to do with people do not exist without human activities and social history. Different from the old materialism, Marx's materialism does not start from "abstract matter", but from the way of human existence-practice, revealing human social attributes and the relationship between people. In this way, Marx shifted the focus of philosophy from the whole world to the human world, from the universe itself to the state of human existence, thus fundamentally changing the theme of philosophy. Therefore, Marx's philosophy has grasped the way of human existence and the basis of the relationship between man and the world-practice, and formed a holistic thinking on this basis.
Only Marxist philosophy can really care about, approach and grasp people, and it is rich enough in scientific content closely related to people's real life and future destiny. In Marx's view, the liberation of a single person can only be completely realized in the historical liberation of all mankind. At the same time, everyone's free development is the condition for everyone's free development, which ultimately constitutes the historical progress of the proletarian movement. "This kind of * * * productism, as a complete naturalism, equals humanitarianism, and as a complete humanitarianism, equals naturalism. It is to truly solve the contradiction between man and nature, between people, and the struggle between existence and essence, objectification and self-confirmation, freedom and necessity, and between individuals and classes. It is the answer to the mystery of history, and I know that I am the answer. " (The Complete Works of Marx and Engels, Volume 42, People's Publishing House, 1979, p. 120) It is in this sense that caring for people can be said to be an important core of Marxism. Marxist philosophy's concern and special research on people provide us with guiding ideology for building a harmonious socialist society and solving people's livelihood problems today.