[oblomov]

thesis, antithesis, synthesis. The Hegelian dialectic, and the basis for Marx's prediction of the inevitability of communismism in Capital.

In case you've forgotten your Marx,

Capitalism was the thesis
Socialism was the antithesis
and communism was the synthesis

Is Frank trying to tell us something about what's going to happen "next year"?

[gwilhelm56]

forgotten that part of it... Sounds more like a THREAT to me!