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Under the system known as Marxism-Leninism, all government jobs are held by socialist or Communist party members. From the [[Head of State]] to village librarian, from military officers, police officers to teachers and social services workers (there were no churches to provide social services, the church's traditional role in society).
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Under the system known as Marxism-Leninism, all government jobs are held by socialist or Communist party members. From the [[Head of State]] to village librarian, from military officers, police officers to teachers and social services workers (there were no churches to provide social services, which was the church's traditional role in society).
    
In a typical Marxist society, special schools are set up for the children of party members and students selected by teachers, ages four to fourteen. In Soviet Russia they were known as the Young Pioneers. Separated from the mass of their peers, they are  rigidly infused with socialist theory as tomorrow's leaders,<ref>[[Friedrich Hayek]] writes:<small>"It was not the [[Fascist]]s but the socialists who began to collect [[children]] at the tenderest age into political organizations to direct their thinking. It was not the Fascists but the socialists who first thought of organizing sports and [[game]]s, [[soccer|football]] and hiking, in party clubs where the members would not be infected by other views. It was the socialists who first insisted that the party member should distinguish himself from others by the modes of greeting and the forms of address [i.e. passwords like "Heil Hilter' or "Comrade," etc]. It was they who, by their organization of "cells" and devices for the permanent supervision of private life, created the prototype of the totalitarian party. By the time [[Hitler]] came to power, [[liberalism]] was dead in [[Germany]]. And it was socialism that had killed it."</small><br>See also: [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/books/review-why-liberalism-failed-patrick-deneen.html If Liberalism Is Dead, What Comes Next?, ''NYT'' Book Review];<br>[https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/553553/ Selfishness Is Killing Liberalism, The path to its revival lies in self-sacrifice, and in placing collective interests ahead of the narrowly personal. ''The Atlantic'', FEB 19, 2018]</ref> and as a [[Esoteric|privileged few]].
 
In a typical Marxist society, special schools are set up for the children of party members and students selected by teachers, ages four to fourteen. In Soviet Russia they were known as the Young Pioneers. Separated from the mass of their peers, they are  rigidly infused with socialist theory as tomorrow's leaders,<ref>[[Friedrich Hayek]] writes:<small>"It was not the [[Fascist]]s but the socialists who began to collect [[children]] at the tenderest age into political organizations to direct their thinking. It was not the Fascists but the socialists who first thought of organizing sports and [[game]]s, [[soccer|football]] and hiking, in party clubs where the members would not be infected by other views. It was the socialists who first insisted that the party member should distinguish himself from others by the modes of greeting and the forms of address [i.e. passwords like "Heil Hilter' or "Comrade," etc]. It was they who, by their organization of "cells" and devices for the permanent supervision of private life, created the prototype of the totalitarian party. By the time [[Hitler]] came to power, [[liberalism]] was dead in [[Germany]]. And it was socialism that had killed it."</small><br>See also: [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/books/review-why-liberalism-failed-patrick-deneen.html If Liberalism Is Dead, What Comes Next?, ''NYT'' Book Review];<br>[https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/553553/ Selfishness Is Killing Liberalism, The path to its revival lies in self-sacrifice, and in placing collective interests ahead of the narrowly personal. ''The Atlantic'', FEB 19, 2018]</ref> and as a [[Esoteric|privileged few]].
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