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The '''Politburo''' (<u>polit</u>ical <u>bur</u>eau) is the highest ruling body in Socialist entities, including the former [[USSR]]. It combines the functions of a legislature, supreme court, executive, and God under Socialist theory.  In Communist China, the  7 member [[Politburo Standing Committee]] is supreme governing body making day-to-day decisions, while the regular 25 member party Politburo consists of provincial governors and other functionaries that meets irregularly.  A Politburo in a [[single party state]] combines all the functions of [[government]], [[legislative]], [[executive]], and [[judicial]] with no checks and balances.  Most [[socialist]] and [[communist]] parties that are tolerated in liberal democracies are governed internally by a Politburo.

The '''Politburo''' (<u>polit</u>ical <u>bur</u>eau) is the highest ruling body in Socialist entities, including the former [[USSR]]. A Politburo in a [[single party state]] combines all the functions of [[government]], [[legislative]], [[executive]], and [[judicial]] with no checks and balances.  In an [[atheist]] system. the Politburo takes the place of [[God]].

The name itself, Politburo, implies a [[collective]] leadership, yet by-laws have been amended at times to allow for a single-person [[dictatorship]]. [[Joseph Stalin]] was given power to appoint members to the Politburo. There is no system of [[checks and balances]], such as the [[American constitution]] provides which the [[far left]] dominated [[Democratic party]] wishes to abrogate.

 

The name itself, Politburo, implies a [[collective]] leadership, yet by-laws have been amended at times to allow for a single-person [[dictatorship]]. [[Joseph Stalin]] was given power to appoint members to the Politburo. [[Xi Jinping]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] was made dictator for life after [[globalist]]s allowed the Communist China into the [[World Trade Organization]].  There is no system of [[checks and balances]], such as the [[American constitution]] provides which the [[far left]] dominated [[Democratic party]] wishes to abrogate.

 

In the Chinese system, the roles are somewhat reversed from the former Soviet model. In the Soviet system, one major function of the KGB was to compel the Soviet military to do the [[CPSU]]'s will; in the Chinese system, Chinese Communist Party power has always been centered in the military, a legacy of the [[Maoist]] guerrilla fighters who seized power. It is the Chinese military dominated by party members that traditionally has sought to extend control among the civil service, technocrats, educational institutions, and in economic sectors and industries.

==Kremlin Politburo==

==Kremlin Politburo==

In Soviet politics, there were three competing centers of power: the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] ([[CPSU]]), the Committee for State Security or [[KGB]], and the Soviet Military.  The people of the [[Soviet Union]] were excluded from participation in the political process and without political [[rights]].

In the former Soviet Union, there were three competing centers of power: the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] ([[CPSU]]), the Committee for State Security or [[KGB]], and the Soviet Military.  The people of the [[Soviet Union]] were excluded from participation in the political process and without political [[rights]].

The CPSU dominated political control, yet could not govern alone. The KGB, described as "the sword and shield of the Party" controlled the apparatus of the state security [[Police state|police]] and its Corrective Labor Camps, or [[Gulag]]s, for dissenters and other persons who may have had some difficulty cooperating with the Soviet regime.  The Soviet Military, a large force in numbers though not ideologically driven as Party members were, represented the only real threat to Communist domination and control of the Soviet system.  Thus KGB also functioned as a counterbalance to keep the Soviet Military in check.  And the mass of Soviet people were excluded from any meaningful role in political affairs.

The CPSU dominated political control, yet could not govern alone. The KGB, described as "the sword and shield of the Party" controlled the apparatus of the state security [[Police state|police]] and its Corrective Labor Camps, or [[Gulag]]s, for dissenters and other persons who may have had some difficulty cooperating with the Soviet regime.  The Soviet Military, a large force in numbers though not ideologically driven as Party members were, represented the only real threat to Communist domination and control of the Soviet system.  Thus KGB also functioned as a counterbalance to keep the Soviet Military in check.  And the mass of Soviet people were excluded from any meaningful role in political affairs.

Suvorov said of the role of the Politburo in Soviet society, "In effect it has become a substitute for God."

Suvorov said of the role of the Politburo in Soviet society, "In effect it has become a substitute for God."

==See also==

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