PROTOCOL NO. 4
Every republic passes through several stages. The first of these
is comprised in the early days of mad raging by the blind mob,
tossed hither and thither, right and left: the second is demagogy,
from which is born anarchy, and that leads inevitably to despotism
- not any longer legal and overt, and therefore responsible despotism,
but to unseen and secretly hidden, yet nevertheless sensibly felt
despotism in the hands of some secret organisation or other, whose
acts are the more unscrupulous inasmuch as it works behind a screen,
behind the backs of all sorts of agents, the changing of whom
not only does not injuriously affect but actually aids the secret
force by saving it, thanks to continual changes, from the necessity
of expending its resources on the rewarding of long services.
Who and what is in a position to overthrow an invisible force?
And this is precisely what our force is. Gentile masonry blindly
serves as a screen for us and our objects, both the plan of action
of our force, even its very abiding-place, remains for the whole
people an unknown mystery.
But even freedom might be harmless and have its place in the State
economy without injury to the well-being of the peoples if it
rested upon the foundation of faith in God, upon the brotherhood
of humanity, unconnected with the conception of equality, which
is negatived by the very laws of creation, for they have established
subordination. With such a faith as this a people might be governed
by a wardship of pari- shes, and would walk contentedly and humbly
under the guiding hand of its spiritual pastor submitting to the
dispositions of God upon earth. This is the reason why IT IS INDISPENSABLE
FOR US TO UNDERMINE ALL FAITH, TO TEAR OUT OF THE MINDS OF THE
GOYIM THE VERY PRINCIPLE OF GODHEAD AND THE SPIRIT, AND TO PUT
IN ITS PLACE ARITHMETICAL CALCULATIONS AND MATERIAL NEEDS.
In order to give the goyim no time to think and take note, their
minds must be diverted towards industry and trade. Thus, all the
nations will be swallowed up in the pursuit of gain and in the
race for it will not take note of their common foe. But again,
in order that freedom may once for all disintegrate and ruin the
communities of the goyim, we must put industry on a speculative
basis: the result of this will be that what is withdrawn from
the land by industry will slip through the hands and pass into
speculation, that is, to our classes.
The intensified struggle for superiority and shocks delivered
to economic life will create, nay, have already created, disenchanted,
cold and heartless communities. Such communities will foster a
strong aversion towards the higher political and towards religion.
Their only guide is gain, that is Gold, which they will erect
into a veritable cult, for the sake of those material delights
which it can give. Then will the hour strike when, not for the
sake of attaining the good, not even to win wealth, but solely
out of hatred towards the privileged, the lower classes of the
goyim will follow our lead against our rivals for power, the intellectuals
of the goyim.