简介："Theword'revolution'tousFrenchmenisnotavagueterm.WeknowthatRevolutionisarupture,thatRevolutionisanAbsolute.Thereisnosuchthingasamoderaterevolution,thereisnosuchthingasaplannedrevolution—asonespeaksofaplannedeconomy.Therevolutionweareannouncingwilloverturntheentireexistingorderoritwillnottakeplaceatall.Ifwebelievethatthepresentsystemiscapableofbeingreformed,thatitcan,initself,checkthefatalcourseofitsevolutiontowardsDictatorship—thedictatorshipofmoney,ofrace,ofclass,oftheNation—wewillcertainlyrefusetoruntheriskofanexplosioncapableofdestroyingpreciousthingsthatcanonlyberebuiltwithmuchtime,perseverance,selflessness,andlove.Butthepresentsystemwillnotchangethecourseofitsevolutionforthegoodreasonthatitisnolongerevolving;itismerelyreorganizingitselfwiththeviewoflastingalittlelonger,ofsurviving.Farfromprofessingtoresolveitsowncontradictions,whichare,inanycase,impossibletoresolve,itseemsmoreandmoreinclinedtoimposethembyforcethroughstrictregulationofindividualeffortthatgrowsmorerigidandmoreparticulareveryday,carriedoutinthenameofasortofStateSocialism,whichisthedemocraticformofDictatorship.Everyday,infact,bringsusanotherproofthatthepurelyideologicalerahaslongsincepassed,inNewYorkaswellasinMoscowandLondon.WecanseetheImperialEnglishDemocracy,thePlutocraticAmericanDemocracyandtheMarxistEmpireofSovietDominionswalking,ifnothandinhand—farfromit!—atleastpursuingthesamegoal,thatistosaymaintainingatallcostsandevenwhileappearingtoopposeit,thesysteminwhichtheyhaveacquiredwealthandpower.For,intheend,RussiahasprofitednolessfromthecapitalistsystemthanAmericaandEngland;ithasplayedtheroleoftheMemberofParliamentwhomakesafortuneinOpposition.Inshort:regimesformerlyopposedinideologyarenowdirectlyunitedbyTechnology.AworlddominatedbyTechnologyislostforLiberty."…