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I do not know about USSR, but AFAIK at least in Czechoslovakia the communist leaders do not really have big personal property. They have enormous political powe
by zajio1am 5y ago
I do not know about USSR, but AFAIK at least in Czechoslovakia the communist leaders do not really have big personal property. They have enormous political power and also access to property through their functions (assigned appartments and official cars), but not in form of direct ownership.
- retrac 5y agoThat is fair. But by similar logic, some medieval lords technically also owned nothing. They merely were administrators for the king's land. And yet that position enabled social and political connections that translated into fabulous wealth. The ability to control the disposition of nationalized property as the Communist leaders had, was a form of wealth, in my opinion.