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  • The religious quality of Marxism also explains a characteristic attitude of the orthodox Marxist toward opponents. To him, as to any believer in a Faith, the opponent is not merely in error but in sin. Dissent is disapproved of not only intellectually but also morally. There cannot be any excuse for it once the Message has been revealed.

    Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.5, Routledge