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[Thomas H]

ቴዲ ርእዮት " ኤርሚያስ ለገሠ ማለት የመጣ ሥርዓት እና ባለሥልጣን ፎርማት እያደረገ የሚጠቀምበት Memory ማለት ነው "

[Wedi]

ልማታዊው እና የአብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲ ተሟጋች የነበረው ኤርሚያስ ለገሠ

[Thomas H]

ኤርሚያስ ለገሠ እንደዛሬ ዓብይ አህመድ ዲግሪውን ለፍቶ ያገኘው ነው ሳይል ድሮ ስለ ዓብይ አህመድ የትምህርት ደረጃ ምን ይል ነበር ?

[Wedi]

ልማታዊው እና የአብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲ ተሟጋች የነበረው ጋላ ኤርሚያስ ለገሠ

[DefendTheTruth]

ሳይማር ይህን ያህል አከናወነ ካልከን፣ ብማርማ ኖሮ አንተን ራስህን ኢሬዝ አድርጎ ሌላ ፍጡር ያስቀመጥበት ነበር፣ የፈለገ ዕለት ዝንጀሮ፣ የፈለገ ዕለት ደግሞ ጦጣ ወይ ቀበሮ አድርጎ ይሰራህ ነበር ማለት ነዉ። ተመልስህም ብትወለድ አብይ አህመድ የደረሰበት ቦታ አትደርስም፤ ይህ ሐቅ ነዉ!

[DefendTheTruth]

It is not Ermias Legesse or Abiy Ahmed that is the problem in Tigray, it is rather the not yet finalized dewayanization process that is the key the odds in Woyane and Tigray.

[DefendTheTruth]

ዶሮ (ይሁን ሌላ እንሥሣ ረስቼአለሁ አሁን ላይ) ጭራ ጭራ የራሷን መቃብር ታበጃለች፣ ይለል አንድ አባባል። ይህ ዶማ የምባል ፍጡር፣ አሁን ደግሞ ጫር ጫር አደረገ ና የወያኔን ጉድ ፈልፍሎ ፈልፍሎ አወጣዉ። ጉድ ነዉ፤ የኢርምያስ ለገሠ ትንታኔ እንዳያመልጣችዉ።

Some of the key takeaways (excerpts) of the book "The New Class" by Miloran Djilas, a former communist, are as follows. Ermias has elaborated how the old Sebhat Nega was carrying around the book with him like the holy sculpture (the bible). Don't miss this eye-opening analysis by Ermias Legesse.

Background
Milovan Djilas was one of the leading figures in Yugoslavia’s post-World War II communist regime and a close ally of Josip Broz Tito. He initially believed in the ideals of Marxism but grew disillusioned with the reality of how communism was practiced. The New Class is his groundbreaking critique of the communist system — not from a capitalist or Western perspective, but from an insider who once helped build it.

The book was banned throughout the Eastern Bloc and led to Djilas's imprisonment in Yugoslavia. In the West, however, it caused a stir for its bold and honest dissection of authoritarian socialism.

🧠 Core Argument
Djilas’s central thesis is that communist revolutions, instead of creating a classless society, create a new ruling class — the “new class” — composed of party officials, bureaucrats, and state managers.

In theory, communism abolishes private ownership of the means of production. In practice, however, the Communist Party takes collective ownership — which translates into political control over resources, labor, and society. Those who manage this system form a privileged class that behaves much like the old capitalist elites, despite claiming to serve the proletariat.

Who Is the “New Class”?
According to Djilas, the new class includes:

Senior Communist Party leaders

State bureaucrats and administrators

Military leaders

Managers of state-owned industries

This group monopolizes political power, economic control, and cultural influence. It is not defined by wealth, as in capitalism, but by access to political privilege, perks, and decision-making power.

Their authority comes not from property, but from their positions within the Communist Party and state apparatus.

How the New Class Maintains Power
Djilas provides examples of how the new class consolidates and protects its dominance:

Centralized control of media, education, and ideology

Privileged access to housing, healthcare, consumer goods, and travel

Suppression of dissent through censorship, purges, and propaganda

Creation of a pseudo-meritocracy, where loyalty to the Party trumps competence

He argues that this class is deeply conservative in the sense that it seeks to preserve the status quo and avoid any reform that might weaken its position — even if that means betraying the revolutionary ideals that brought it to power.