Great Construction

Capitalism and Communism

     First of all, I would like to explore this topic by considering the question of what it was that brought about the appearance of capitalism. The fundamental concept of capitalism is unrestrained self-interest. Merely to make money suffices. The happiness and welfare of employees and workers are not given due consideration. They are paid only enough to let them survive, a coldhearted way of thinking truly devoid of human sentiment or compassion.
     Love and compassion, the feelings of thoughtfulness of course are mental activities, that is to say, thought of the spirit, or “spiritism,” if you will. Conversely, it is obvious that a thought of self-interest prone only to worldly desires is materialism. Capitalism is entirely a product of materialism.
     The central preoccupation of capitalists with only their self-interest was not to be permitted to endure. Eventually, there appeared in the world the philosophies of Marx and Engels, so the declaration of the principles of communism was irresistible. The communist revolution began when the working classes and those who support them, all long oppressed, felt they had found the answer to their suffering, glorified communism, and over time the forces of resistance grew stronger until finally a communist nation state was born from which gradually the ideology has been expanded globally until the present.
     If the communists had stopped at this point, it would have been sufficient, but then they decided to destroy the capitalists, and displayed the potential to replace the capitalist system with their own. Communists consider only benefits of the working classes and pursue the fall of capitalists and everyone except themselves. The reality of today is that the tenacious ardor of their activities has not cooled at all, and the struggle continues day and night in the open and in secret. Communist activity concerned only with itself in no way differs from the workings of capitalists, so obviously both of them are variants of materialism.
     Thus, the origins of the sufferings of humanity today are without a doubt rooted in the struggle between these two opposite extremes of materialism. I can declare, therefore, that unless the causes outlined above are not resolved, the happiness of humanity will never be realized.
     The only way to bring this conflict to resolution is for all of humanity to come together under a philosophy, a thought, a way of thinking that is focused on the spirit. What I mean is a powerful religious force. Existing religions are supposed to have fulfilled this role but there should be no need to explain here that such has been and will be impossible. A new power, a strength that transcends all previous religions must appear. World Messianity is now advancing with conviction policies to fulfill that duty. We must bring humanity to awaken to the fallacies of materialism.

1949, unpublished manuscript
    translated by cynndd