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The party’s monopoly on filling positions of power and authority |
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Party bosses controlled the personnel policy at their corresponding
levels |
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Members of a privileged social-political elite
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The ruling class did not technically own productive resources but
was in a position to grab the biggest share of social product |
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Physical and intellectual degeneration of the leadership |
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The system aided the survival of the “unfittest” |
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No peaceful and regular system of the transfer of power
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A gradual aging of the entire ruling elite |
