Patron-client, you mean a feudal society? [[User:RobS|RobS]] 11:51, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
Patron-client, you mean a feudal society? [[User:RobS|RobS]] 11:51, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
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{{rewrite|They weren't self-appointed, and it wasn't an official group. The term just means the new Upper Class of Russia who wound up having higher privileges than everyone else.}}
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They were not democrateically elected, it was not a meritocracy, and they did not gain their positions by birthright. It was a self-appointed clique, i.e. "the Party", under Marxist Doctrine. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 11:54, 28 April 2007 (EDT)