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the latter gave way in 1929 to the Dictatorship of the Politburo
,
) which was followed in 1931 by that of Stalin. The
process of centralization culminated in a totalitarian State headed
by one man. Communists now admit that dictatorship may last indefin-
itely, even for many generations, before the need for it will have
vanished.
The heart of the Communist program is its philosophy of
revolution. It supplies a Messianic doctrine of deliverance, thus
providing Communists an ideal which they can fight for with fanatical
and indeed religious fervor. The Communist concept of morality, which
has already been discussed, is likewise based upon the Messianic role
of Communism.
The Communist concept of the proletarian revolution clearly
suggests the probable inevitability of armed conflict between Communist
Russia and the United States. If Soviet Russia is motivated by princi-
ples of Communism, if Communism regards it a duty to take steps to
hasten the proletarian revolution as a means of attaining a true Com-
munist society, if the proletarian revolution must be global in scope
in order to be successful, and if it can be achieved only by violence,
then violence between Soviet Russia and the United States would seem
to be inevitable. This phase of Soviet-Americar relationships will be
further analyzed at a later point in this paper.
(f) Its Philosophy of Society.
The ideal Communist society is based upon the program of "from
-19-
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