[lbo-talk] Soviet Monstors (was: Genocide, Holocaust)

[Kelley]

At 01:22 PM 6/9/03 -0400, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>Kelley:
> >
> > so, you're saying that human nature is the roadblock to utopia. 'k.
> >
>
>
>No, the reference group is.  The reference group for the Eastern
>European intelligentsia was the professionals and managerial classes in
>the West (or rather idealized images thereof), not the blue collar
>workers next door.
>
>Wojtek

and why was there an elite who didn't see themselves as part of the working 
class?