Furthermore, thanks to the Marxist religion, they (the Russians) have everything required to make them patient. They have been promised happiness on earth (a feature which distinguishes Marxism from the Christian religion)-but in the future. The Jew, Mardochee Marx, like the good Jew that he was, was awaiting the coming of the Messiah. He has placed the Messiah conception in a setting of historic materialism by asserting that terrestrial happiness is a factor in an almost endless process of evolution. 'Happiness is within your reach,' he says, 'that I promise you. But you must let evolution take its course and not try to hurry matters.' Mankind always falls for a specious trick of that sort...Lenin did not have the time, but Stalin will carry on the good work, and son and so on...Marxism is a very powerful force. But how shall we assess Christianity, that other child of Judaism, which will not commit itself further than to promise the faithful happiness in another world? Believe me, it is incomparably stronger! (25th February 1945)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker compares Marxism to Christianity as a false promise of future happiness and links them both to Jewish influence.
- In plain terms
- I think Marxism and Christianity are both Jewish ideas promising future happiness.
- What can you take from it?
- Political ideologies are dismissed as religious-like and linked to Jewish origins.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How are ideologies compared to religions?
- What is the role of conspiracy in politics?
Another view
This comparison conflates distinct ideologies and promotes conspiracy theories.
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