>Is it a comment on US backing of the sleaze-balls or a comment on the way
>>power works in general, er what? ...". And now they're dying like
>flies in >Russia (where the aparat's transition to bourgeoisie was a
>suspiciously >seamless event, for mine) as they are in North Korea."
Just implying the aparat was effectively a ruling class before western capitalism came along to make honest exploiters of 'em, Paula.
Cheers, Rob.