The Revolutionary's Role Is To

An Unauthentic Word, One Which Is Unable To Transform Reality, Results When Dichotomy Is Imposed Upon Its Constitutive Elements. When A Word Is Deprived Of Its Dimension Of Action, Reflection Automatically Suffers As Well; And The Word Is Changed Into Idle Chatter, Into Verbalism, Into An Alienated And Alienating “blah.” It Becomes An Empty Word, One Which Cannot Denounce The World, For Denunciation Is Impossible Without A Commitment To Transform, And There Is No Transformation Without Action.

No Reality Transforms Itself.

Indeed, The Interests Of The Oppressors Lie In 'changing The Consciousness Of The Oppressed, Not The Situation Which Oppresses Them.

The Intellectual Activity Of Those Without Power Is Always Characterized As Non-intellectual.

In Sum: Banking Theory And Practice, As Immobilizing And Fixating Forces, Fail To Acknowledge Men And Women As Historical Beings; Problem-posing Theory And Practice Take The People's Historicity As Their Starting Point.