

Originally posted by stephinrazin

reply to post by XeroOne





I agree. I believe we can go further. All urban societies have been ruled by an oligarchy. It may be a corporate class, a politburo, or a monarch's advisers. The majority are always ruled by a minority. The mechanisms of the ruling class change. The underlying power structure does not.

edit on 20-7-2012 by stephinrazin because: (no reason given)



There's the problem nailed in one sentence. I used to be a rather arrogant socialist a few years back, until the realisation of this kind of destroyed my political beliefs within a few short months. When you experience a Leninist organisation, you eventually learn first-hand that it's actually no different from the 'crony capitalism' it rails against, and it's precisely for this reason Soviet Russia quickly became a dictatorship. It was destined to happen that way. The only real difference is the level of adherence among the followers to the system.What is ideology? It's something that keeps a minority in power. That's the only thing I'm certain of these days.