Djilas describes the way that communism has created a totalitarian oligarchy contrary to its idealistic goal of collective rule.
Rise of the Political Bureaucracy
The status of the Communist Party as the backbone of politics, economics, and society gives it complete control over the citizenry
Party members become the ruling class and have almost limitless power
“the so-called ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’ inevitably evolves into the dictatorship of the leaders
Individual Freedom
Individual freedom must be in the interest of the socialist system, so the freedom of individuals is thus completely subject to party leaders
Violations of human rights can be justified by their subjugation to the state’s wellbeing
Parliaments and other institutions that claim to represent the citizenry are merely perfunctory
Economics
The communist economic system is designed to maintain the party’s power by putting the economy under the control of the state
Though originally party leaders steered the economy towards idealistic and communal goals, their aims quickly devolved into selfish ones
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