Starting from reality means starting from objective things and their laws, starting from the actual situation of movement, change and development, and understanding and transforming the world according to the true colors of the objective world. It is a concrete embodiment of the basic principles of materialism about the first nature of matter and the second nature of consciousness in methodology, which requires people to know the objective reality and its laws of things around them in understanding and practice.

According to the possibilities and conditions provided objectively, the methods and steps of action are decided according to the objective trend of things. It is the basic principle that Marxism always adheres to. Proceeding from reality, we must go deep into reality, investigate and study, and fully understand all aspects of the situation. On this basis, we use Marxist scientific methods to analyze and synthesize, so as to correctly understand and master the essence of things and their development laws.

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The reason why everything starts from reality:

Persisting in proceeding from reality is the fundamental requirement of dialectical materialism world outlook. It requires us to make the subjective conform to the objective in the activities of understanding and transforming the world, decide our subjective thoughts and actions according to objective facts, analyze problems from objective conditions, and put forward methods and countermeasures to solve problems.

Persisting in proceeding from reality is the fundamental foothold for people to correctly understand and transform the world, the prerequisite for proletarian political parties to correctly formulate and implement the line, principles and policies, and the minimum requirement for us to do all the work well.