I just don't know why we give these imagined phases any more credence than the coming of the Twelfth Imam. They simply aren't relevant for talking about the br

I just don't know why we give these imagined phases any more credence than the coming of the Twelfth Imam. They simply aren't relevant for talking about the brutal 20th century system of organising human affairs called communism. (Or rather, perhaps, no more relevant than the details of the Imam are to understanding the Iranian regime. If you want to go deep and read between the lines in speeches etc, then of course you have to know the relevant theology.)