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The Concept of the New Class: Understanding Milovan Đilas' Critique of Communist Elites
How the New Class Maintains Power
The Heresy of the Revolutionary: Understanding Milovan Đilas’s The New Class
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The Rise of the Bureaucratic Elite
: Đilas argued that instead of creating a classless society, communist revolutions resulted in a "new class" of party officials and bureaucrats who held a monopoly over political and economic power. milovan djilas nova klasapdf
- In communist states, the means of production are formally owned by the “people” or the state, but real control lies with the party elite.
- This elite forms a new class that appropriates economic and political privileges for itself, replicating the exploitative features of capitalism.
Đilas realized that he was no longer a revolutionary fighting for the worker. He was a member of a new elite, enjoying the fruits of other people's labor while preaching equality. The Concept of the New Class: Understanding Milovan
Djilas's central argument is that the abolition of private property did not end class exploitation; instead, it transferred ownership from private capitalists to the state, which was then "owned" and exploited by a new administrative elite. Definition of the "New Class" In communist states, the means of production are