Outline of a typology of adherence te communism.

The researches conducted by the author into the causes of the adherence to communism in Italy enabled him to outline a typology of the forces that form the basis of such an adherence. All the generical forces, called "traumatic" may be traced to the foundation of the adherence to every movement of revolt. But the historical continuity of a revolution calls for the guidance of an "elite", the ability of which may be repressed by an insufficient circulation of values among the classes. Such forces are known as "paretian" The peculiarity of the workers' revolution consists in the isolation of the proletariat, inside and outside the factory. Therefore, there arises a collective "Super Ego" of class to which can be transferred not only the poorer and less qualified traumatic components but also the more skilled as understood by Pareto. Thus, there arise synthetic forces called "dialectic" The answer to such forces can be given by the trade unions: it results into the dissolution of the traumatic components and the participation in social guidance. But if this effect is not achieved because the workers are slow in declaring their own autonomic elite, the Communist Party proposes its own elite, "carismatical" and bureaucratic, for the workers' guidance. The Super Ego of the class becomes the Super Ego of the class party. Those subjected to the traumatic forces feel the attraction of such a Super Ego while the groups subjected to paretian forces easily support the stronger group. The social framework within which communism can develop is therefore that, in which industrial development has a slackened rhythm and in which by force of attraction, the pre-industrial forces, little by little, come into contact with those industrial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]