"The Third Wave" - Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1.

It does not come as a surprise that Toffler's theory is generally accepted; however, Ionita Olteanu dares to make the assumption that the author's view of communism is actually wrong and confused, with an unjust social analysis. In his opinion, communism as a state of economy is totally different than capitalism, with no interfering points.

In Toffler’s view, the world functions as a collision of waves, of which there have been three:

- - The First Wave, beginning in 8,000 B.C., after the agricultural revolution and solely governing the world until 1750 A.D.;

- - The Second Wave, beginning in 1750 A.D., after the industrial revolution and continuing today;

- - The Third Wave, beginning in 1955, with a future development to be observed.

People usually find two suggestions for future progress:

1. - A straightforward approach, with an extended and expanded Second Wave (as seen in China and S-E Asia);

2. - An apocalyptic approach, with the world going towards Armageddon, collapse and self-destruction, leading to the paralysis of imagination and will, towards individualism and passivity.

However, Toffler suggests that despite all the changes we will not completely self-destruct, but rather take one quantum historic leap after the crash between the dying civilization of the Second Wave and the in-birth civilization of the Third, which would liberate the intellect and the will.

These waves are actually simultaneous, but moving at different speeds and being pushed by different forces. The year 1955 is the start of the shock of superimposed waves, when the new economy tried to force its way onto the “rusty” Second Wave economy and institutions.

While the visions of the future organize people’s actions and define their options, when more waves work at the same time, social tensions, dangerous conflicts and weird political tendencies occur, leading to the conclusion that the industrial system needs to be replaced.