Problem
Embourgeoisement in socialist countries
Other Names:
Bureaucratization of socialism Nature:
Socialist countries are not the classless society envisaged by Marx and Lenin. Officially, social class was abolished in the countries of the former Soviet Union. But, as some sociologists acknowledge, 67 years after the Bolshevik takeover, class-consciousness is reappearing. There is a large and powerful state bureaucracy founded on privilege rather than private property and the nouveaux riches want all the ornaments of class superiority. This re-emergence of class attitudes is a cause of concern to the Soviet authorities, who are anxious that the better-off should not come to regard the 'lower classes' as inferior or even criminal.
Broader Problems:
SocialismBureaucracy as an organizational diseaseUnchecked power of government bureaucracy Narrower Problems:
Rewarding inaction Related Problems:
Lack of individualism in capitalist systems Values:
Bureaucratic Subject(s):
Government → Government Metapolitics → Political theories
Society → Class, caste, elites
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
12.09.2019 – 16:59 CEST