The Juche viewpoint on the world is that the world is dominated and transformed by man.
General Secretary Kim Jong Il said:
That the world is dominated and reshaped by man is a new viewpoint on the world in relation to man.
This means, in a word, that the nature and society become the world for man thanks to the independent and creative activity of man.
Nature is dominated and reshaped by man.
The things and phenomena of nature which have caused great damages upon man’s existence and development become material conditions serving man thanks to his creative cognitive and practical activities. And the things and phenomena which did not serve man in a direct way are used as means of production and living data for man. This tells that nature is dominated and reshaped by man.
Society is also dominated and transformed by man.
In human history the social system that had infringed upon people’s independence have changed into the social system that guarantees his independence by the people’s active struggle. In particular, the working class and other broad working masses liquidated the exploiter society and established the socialist society, thus developing society more purposefully and consciously in conformity with their will and demand as masters of state power and means of production.
That the world is dominated by man does not mean that man dominates the entire vast world. There are still many sectors which are not dominated by man in practice. However, the scope of man’s domination over the world expands continuously according to the improvement of his independence, creativity and consciousness.
That the world is transformed by man does not mean that all changes in the world are made by man.
All things and phenomena in the world have their own characteristics and change and develop according to certain laws. People can transform the world in conformity with their demand only when they understand and apply these laws correctly.
After all, that the world is transformed by man does not mean that all changes in the world are made by man but that man plays decisive role in transformation and development of the world.