ABSTRACT
The spontaneous course of history leads to the Russian Revolution, whose agent is the proletariat and from which the reign of freedom will emerge. All of secular history becomes sacred history to the degree to which it has an influence on the progress or setbacks of the revolutionary movement. The interpretation of history rests with the prophet or the pontiff, who at every instant proclaim the given truth, unassailable like all interpretations of dogma. Political history is seen as consisting of a plurality of regimes, each with its virtues and defects. Political thought, whatever the scope of its ambitions, remains basically the same. Among competent observers who have taken the trouble to pursue the necessary studies, a large measure of agreement can quite easily be reached on what is possible within a given political or economic system. Communist politics are a perfect example of millenarian politics.
