Mobility in "socialist" eastern europe

[ChrisD(RJ)]

Gar wrote:
Gee reverse discrimination. But note that Pary members had no such 
criteria. The fact that there was a question of social mobility at all 
is a pretty good indicator that "Communism" had a pretty strong caste 
system, and probably a class one. In a truly classless (or casteless) 
society - even a socialist one, let alone a communist one - the question 
of social mobility would not arise.
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I write:
Agreed. But I think it is notable that the Soviet class system was not based
on ownership of the means of production, which might pose a problem for
orthodox Marxist class analysis.

Chris Doss
The Russia Journal