The Doctrine of Beitar

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One is led to believe that the Russian Communists are opponents in principle to armies, but they created one of the most extreme armies. One can bring endless examples from every branch of the human mafia; this is a great rule and a law of flint: no person can truly "strive" for anything if he does not agree to sacrifice for its sake his other "viewpoints" when it is necessary. This is the essence of fanaticism, the holy mistress, the "zealotry" for any ideal. An ideal is such a creature that allows no competitor by its side. It allows as many "viewpoints" as you want, but you can certainly serve only the one and only viewpoint, and then you will be forced to break all the rest, however beautiful and precious they may be in your eyes, when the one and only demands it of you. We are not discussing the question of whether this is good or bad from a moral standpoint (I think it is good from a moral standpoint); but this is the situation, and otherwise it cannot be.

B. Therefore the main question is: is it possible to unite, as this unique young case proposes, a combination of action for the benefit of Zionism with loyalty to the Communist movement? If so, there is no contradiction here, and if not—

Let us look at reality: let us do this objectively, objectively—that is, let us forget that I, the writer of these lines, am an opponent not only of Communist methods, but also an opponent of the socialist regime in general. Along with that: let us forget, even, how the Communists relate to Zionism in places where they have the ability to harm it. Let us take only the pure essence of the Communist conception and ask ourselves if it is possible to unite it with the organizations of the Zionist building effort.

For the purpose of the conceptual building effort, we need two things—aside from people, first of all—Land, that is, the possibility to turn Eretz Yisrael into a Jewish state without interference from the current government and from the rural majority. And secondly—Capital. What does "the pure essence of Communism" say regarding these two factors? Regarding capital: the money for the building comes in ninety