Chapter 84: The Hidden Danger of Polar Bear Disintegration
Luo Xinghui's appearance is Russian, and his strength belongs to the peak of the 0th order, which is about the same time as Luo Xingyi sent to Hong Kong, and when he regained consciousness in 1983, he belonged to the second evolved cyborg, and was secretly sent by Luo Tiancheng to the polar bear to develop.
Then in 6 years, 25 cyborgs were added one after another to assist, and the chaotic polar bears over the years gave Luo Xinghui a good opportunity for development, and looked at the big guy who was seen by General Schwarzkopf after the Gulf War, that is, Luo Tiancheng secretly went to a polar bear, transported it to Iraq with a portable space, and then sent 20 units of newly evolved fungus blankets.
The polar bears in 1983 were not as tense as they were in '90, and Brezhsky was the leader of the polar bears for 18 years before stepping down in 1982.
But the beginning of the chaos of polar bears was caused by the reign of Brezhsky, during the reign of the previous leader Ilukiv, the incumbent officials had to be replaced within a few years, so polar bears did not have a privileged class at that time, and Brezhsky was different.
In a society, if ordinary people can achieve high positions through normal upward mobility through hard work, then from a certain point of view, the society is still fair. But in polar bears, with the rise, solidification and self-isolation of the privileged class, the path to the promotion of the elite at the bottom is almost blocked. Especially in the Brezhsky era, the distance between the common people and the privileged classes was increasing. In polar bear society, the general public refers to themselves as "we" and the privileged as "they".
Nepotism: The Emergence of a Privileged Class of Polar Bears
Because of the highly centralized political structure of the former Polar Bears, relatives of leaders and those who have access to the leaders often become powerful and powerful people.
Ye Dalin's second son, Vasily, graduated from the Aviation Academy, and at the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, he was only a 20-year-old captain, but by the end of the war four years later, he was promoted to lieutenant general. Although everyone knew that he was an "alcoholic", after being transferred back to Moscow from East Germany in 1947, he immediately became the head of the air force of the Moscow Military District. According to Yetarin's wife, Aliluyeva, "he did everything, unscrupulously taking advantage of the opportunities around his father Yetarin", and "there was nothing that he could not get." He can do whatever he wants, and he can have whatever he wants. ”
Not only that, but those staff around Ye Dalin, such as the chief of guards, also enjoy great privileges in terms of living conditions. In "Twenty Letters to Friends", Aliluyeva said that although the guards around Yedalin were uneducated, they became "people who manipulate power behind the scenes."
They all built themselves country houses, sat in government cars, and lived like government ministers and even as Politburo members. According to Irukiv in his memoirs, some of Yedalin's cooks and those who procured food for his kitchen became major generals and lieutenant generals, and were constantly awarded various medals.
By the time of Brezhsky, there were many examples of such cronyism. Take Brezhsky as an example, his daughter Galina was amorous by nature, and she had to change her husband every two years on average, and her last husband, Khubanov, was uneducated, but when he entered Brezhsky's house, he relied on the power of his father-in-law and rose to prominence.
In just 10 years, he rose from the obscure KGB captain to the first deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the rank of general. Brezhsky's son Yuli was even more of a gentleman, and at a young age, he relied on Brezhsky's power to rise to prominence and became the deputy minister of foreign trade of the polar bear, who was known as "fat shortage".
The children of other high-ranking figures also naturally moved into the privileged classes, with Mikoyan's son quickly rising to become editor-in-chief of the magazine Latin America, and Gromyko's son, who worked for a time at the Institute of American and Canadian Studies of the Polar Bear Academy of Sciences, suddenly became the Polar Bear's Minister Counsellor in Washington, D.C., and was later appointed director of the African Institute of the Polar Bear Academy of Sciences.
Even when Ilukiv, who was inclined to reform, was in power, he made his son-in-law the editor-in-chief of the newspaper of the Central Committee of the CPSU "Izvestia", and "took charge of Irukiv's press bureau", becoming a prominent figure. At the local level, the academies of science in the republics "have become places filled with relatives and those who rely on local leaders to seek high-paying and idle positions."
Not only do the children and relatives of leading cadres receive tremendous privileges, but as long as they have a close relationship with leading cadres, they can obtain tremendous benefits. Brezhsky, who was an avid hunter, was no longer able to hold a shotgun in his later years, but his interest in hunting remained undiminished, so he switched to his command and others to shoot. He paid special attention to the professional hunters who served him in hunting, and even awarded the hunter the rank of general and the medal "For the Service to the Fatherland" of all three ranks. Probably, he thinks that to serve him is to serve the Motherland.
Self-isolation: loss of social mobility
In order to curb this corruption, after Irukiv came to power, a special cadre policy was introduced. According to Article 25 of the Party Constitution adopted at the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Party members and cadres must be replaced frequently, and when grassroots Party organizations are elected, a large number of leaders are replaced every year due to the expiration of their term of office. But when Brezhsky came to power, he countered Irukiv's reforms. Brezhsky especially admired the phrase of Suslov, who had long been in charge of ideological work: "The stability of the cadre ranks is the guarantee of success." ”
In April 1966, the 23rd Party of the CPSU amended Article 25 of the Party Constitution. From then on, the composition of the leadership of the CPSU remained unchanged for almost a long time, and gradually formed a de facto system of leading cadres for life. At the 23 rd CPC National Congress, 79.4 percent of the members of the CPSU were re-elected, and at the 25 th CPC National Congress, the re-election rate was as high as 90 per cent, with the exception of deceased members of the Central Committee, and some of them served as long as 25 years. Brezhsky, Suslov and other high-ranking cadres all died in their posts.
The lifelong system of leading cadres has given the upper strata the opportunity to shelter and support each other, gradually forming a stable and privileged stratum and forming a closed small circle. During this period, the number of privileged classes continued to grow, but only a minority came from ordinary people, and most of the privileged classes were generated from within. By the 1970-1980s, the top elite of the country had practically stopped replenishing personnel from below.
From the 70s onwards, the privileged class gradually separated from the masses, "they lived, treated, recuperated in isolation, and often formed their own family ties within this class, where the children spent time together, knew each other, and often intermarried." "The children of the privileged can easily enter a good university by virtue of their parents' status, such as the School of International Relations, which is the cradle of diplomats, and then be sent abroad by the government, and when they return home, they can get a promising position, paving the way for the privileged class, and after a while they become a member of the privileged class.
Money-grabbing: Gift-giving is on the rise
Since it was no longer possible to get promoted through hard work and outstanding talents, cadres at all levels began to rely on giving gifts to leaders and currying favor with their superiors to seek higher official positions and gain greater power. A typical example is Brezhsky's visit to Azerbaijan, and Aliyev, the first secretary of the Communist Party of the republic, gave him a priceless bust made of pure gold. Soon afterward, Aliyev was transferred to Moscow as first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers and became a member of the Politburo.