“The essence of Communism is defined here in terms of the mutual immanence and functional inter-dependence of three factors: an ‘empire’ (which pretends to be something else than an empire), a ‘secular religion’ (which pretends to be something else than a secular religion) and a ‘subversive organization of world-conquerors’ (which pretends to be something else than a subversive organization of world-conquerors).”39
