In Russia they called them Nomenklature
In public discourse these days it tends to be popular to talk of class warfare. Politicians and pundits have found it profitable to divide the American citizens into classes and set them against one another. The rich against the poor, taxpayer against entitled, and of course black against white. While this infighting has taken its toll on the nation a new class seems to have arisen that seems to be above it all. This new class has until now, gone relatively unnoticed. This new class is the antithesis of the American dream. The dream of everyone plays by the same rules; work hard and you will get ahead. This new rising class is the American nomenklatura.
This class is so foreign to us there isn’t an English word for it. Nomenklatura, a Russian word best describes these people. Translated it is the system of patronage to positions in the bureaucracy of the government controlled by committee at various levels of the party. In practice it meant the best jobs and privileges went to those who follow the group think of the party. Being a member of this group means you don’t have to follow the rules all the little people are burdened with.
So who are the members of this new class in America? We can start by identifying the easy ones, the Democrats and their donors. How many haven’t paid their taxes, hire illegal’s, sexually harass workers, take bribes and outright steal tax money. How many can you identify that get sent to jail? Almost all of the entertainment industry, they make millions and tell us how others should pay their fair share. Where is the outrage? The unions, they use violence and racial epithets against others and get a free pass even from our protectors of liberty, the free press. Let us not forget professors at our schools and universities. If your views don’t match the group you can’t get a speaking engagement much less tenure to guarantee your job for life.
Yes it is good to be a member of the nomenklatura. While most suffer under this economy just trying to get by the nomenklatura take taxpayer funded vacations. Seniors who helped to build this country struggle to pay property tax while Hollywood nomenklatura gets tax breaks. Some artists must sell their wares to the public while the nomenklatura makes the public pay. This could explain why DC has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.
As the country heads towards the fiscal cliff realize tax cuts are at the bottom of every nomenklatura’s list of things to do. Without tax dollars to grease the wheels they would have to get by on their abilities and work hard for a living. They can’t have that, it would not be fair.
As a student of the Russian language, I am very familiar with the term. The номенклату́ра is deeply imbedded into Russian culture, from the Czars on. Even today, there is a номенклату́ра. Now, these номенклату́ра do not seem to be affiliated with the Global Elitists, and Russia seems to be a thorn in the Elitists side. In time, Russia will be compromised. They have set their sights on America, first.
China, too, is a problem for them. China's leadership however, is very ease to bribe.