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Throughout the history of mankind, the way nobilities tend to reproduce themselves by passing wealth and status along family lines has been an issue of conflict between those who have capital to pass on and those who have none, over the history of mankind. Revolutions offer rare opportunities to radically change the relationship and overthrow what some revolutionary thinkers have called reactionary classes. When this happens, the chain of reproduction is broken, often leading to a situation where the best capital one can possibly trade with is having no capital whatsoever. Not having economic or cultural capital may then be a necessary, if not sufficient, condition not only for access to power, but may also become critical in physical survival at a time when Cultural Revolution sweeps over a country. This is, however, a rare occurrence. Soon, the newly established nobility needs to legitimize itself once more, through means other than brute force.
Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.
Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Little Red Book
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Tomusk, V. (2004). Reproduction of the “State Nobility” in Eastern Europe: Past Patterns and New Practices. In: The Open World and Closed Societies. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403979476_9
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