Marxist eschatology actually mimicked Christian doctrine. In the beginning there was a perfect world with no exploitation...the Garden of Eden. Then came sin, the discovery of private property...Finally there came a true prophet with a message of salvation, Karl Marx, who preached the truth...He promised redemption but was not heeded, except for close disciples who carried the true faith forward...A final, terrible revolution will wipe out capitalism...After that, history will end because there will be perfection on earth, and true believers will have been saved.

— The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker (Page 330)