Important principles of the Paris Commune: to establish a cheap government, to reduce the burden on the people, and to make public officials better serve the people. This principle has so far been completely forgotten!
On the eve of the October Revolution and after the victory of the revolution, Lenin proposed that the salaries of state officials should not exceed the average salary of skilled workers. He wanted to realize the ideal of the "cheap government" of the Paris Commune, which he personally practiced, and the party and government he led also fought hard for, but unfortunately, after his death, the Soviet Union soon evolved into a "high-priced government", and the "Paris Commune" has never existed!
In his autobiography, Yeltsin detailed the special services and privileges enjoyed by Soviet leading cadres, such as specialized villas, exclusive hospitals and nursing homes, comfortable transportation, beautiful restaurants, and special cuisine from the "palace feast."
The higher the position, the richer the content to enjoy. If you climb to the top of the pyramid of power, you can enjoy everything imaginable or unimaginable - into "communism". The ninth bureau of the KGB was responsible for supplying everything.
Yeltsin, as mayor of Moscow, was an alternate member with 3 cooks, 3 waiters, 1 cleaning lady, and 1 florist.
Go to any social place such as theaters and museums, and send a squad of military police to check it first, and then block it off before you can show up there. The villa also has a cinema, which has a variety of exquisite facilities, and there are projectionists to show special movies.
The medical facilities are the most modern and are all imported from abroad. Moscow has special supply shops for high-ranking officials, which are full of selected goods, and the purchase of "Kremlin tribute" costs half the price. There are 40,000 people throughout Moscow who enjoy various special offers, the best of which are medicines - made in special workshops, specially tested for medicine, and signed and certified by several doctors.
On vacation, you can pick any place in the south, where there are special villas. The villa is usually unused, but there are still special personnel for regular maintenance. Senior cadres and alternate members all travel by special plane, Il-64 or Tu-134, with several bodyguards and attendants with them.
Each senior cadre has one or more villas, some around Moscow, some on the southern seashore. Stalin had several luxurious villas in the capital and in the south, some built at his own direction, some built for him by his subordinates.
After Gorbachev was transferred to Moscow, he was first temporarily arranged in Villa 10 in Gork, and as his status rose, the villa was constantly upgraded. He himself said that, according to the regulations, the villa of the alternate member was more luxurious and spacious.
Stalin Villa
However, these privileges are not counted in the salaries of leading cadres, and they do not have to pay a penny for them. All expenses come from the treasury, and in the final analysis, all are paid for by taxpayers!
On the eve of the October Revolution and after the victory of the revolution, Lenin proposed that the salaries of state officials should not exceed the average salary of skilled workers. He wanted to realize the ideal of a "cheap government" of the Paris Commune, which he personally practiced, and the party and government he led also fought hard for, but unfortunately, after his death, the Soviet Union soon evolved into a "high-priced government", and the "Paris Commune" has never existed!
Annex: Principles of the Paris Commune
First, the first principle: to transform the old state apparatus from an instrument of class oppression into an instrument of human emancipation.
2. Basic principles: Develop democratic politics so that the masses of the people can truly become the masters of the country and society. The masses of the people are the main body of power, and the power of public officials is granted by the people.
3. Important principles: The establishment of cheap government, the reduction of the burden on the people, and the better service of public officials are important principles of the Paris Commune.
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