I don't dismiss it, and yes, the philosophy of some FALGSC would definitely focus on the agency of a liberated humanity, given that it is largely post-scarcity.
But I think that Juche arises from it's material conditions (the focus on "age of independence" for instance, is clearly a response to the DPRK's forced Autarky, since we clearly do not live in that age) and saying that these material conditions are now secondary, even internally, is not correct. Necessary, maybe, in ensuring the survival of Socialism in the DPRK, but not correct in any external sense.
Much of my criticism is not that it isn't useful (if it was moderated somewhat into merely emphasising the effect the Cultural Superstructure can have in turn on material conditions I would be largely in agreement), but that it is in many cases a philosophy that tries to merge a desire to go beyond the current ongoing material class contradictions with the unfortunate reality that those contradictions are largely why the DPRK is under siege socialism.
So while I might find some aspects of Juche excellent tools for resolving post-capitalist contradictions in high stages of Socialism, and I admire how it has allowed a Socialist state to survive in extremely adverse conditions, I don't find it very useful as a toolset for Socialist development in the Imperial Core, or for the initial stages of a global Socialist society.
I don't dismiss it, and yes, the philosophy of some FALGSC would definitely focus on the agency of a liberated humanity, given that it is largely post-scarcity.
But I think that Juche arises from it's material conditions (the focus on "age of independence" for instance, is clearly a response to the DPRK's forced Autarky, since we clearly do not live in that age) and saying that these material conditions are now secondary, even internally, is not correct. Necessary, maybe, in ensuring the survival of Socialism in the DPRK, but not correct in any external sense.
Much of my criticism is not that it isn't useful (if it was moderated somewhat into merely emphasising the effect the Cultural Superstructure can have in turn on material conditions I would be largely in agreement), but that it is in many cases a philosophy that tries to merge a desire to go beyond the current ongoing material class contradictions with the unfortunate reality that those contradictions are largely why the DPRK is under siege socialism.
So while I might find some aspects of Juche excellent tools for resolving post-capitalist contradictions in high stages of Socialism, and I admire how it has allowed a Socialist state to survive in extremely adverse conditions, I don't find it very useful as a toolset for Socialist development in the Imperial Core, or for the initial stages of a global Socialist society.