Buchman believed that both fascism and communism had their roots in materialism, which he called "the mother of all '-isms'" and, as such, materialism was democracy's greatest enemy: "People get confused as to whether it is a question of being Rightist or Leftist. But the one thing we really need is to be guided by God's Holy Spirit. That is the Force we ought to study... The Holy Spirit will teach us how to think and live, and provide a working basis of our national service... The true battle line in the world today is not between class and class, not between race and race. The battle is between Christ and anti-Christ."