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"Once the so-called workers became the wielders of power, they became as corrupt, autocratic, fascistic and arrogant, tribalistic and intolerant of ideas"
I would say it's more pseudo-workers than actual workers.
Most revolutions and political upheaval in history has been the battle of the 2% vs. the 1%. The Bolsheviks were all pretty well…
"Once the so-called workers became the wielders of power, they became as corrupt, autocratic, fascistic and arrogant, tribalistic and intolerant of ideas"
I would say it's more pseudo-workers than actual workers.
Most revolutions and political upheaval in history has been the battle of the 2% vs. the 1%. The Bolsheviks were all pretty well off, especially by Russian standards, but they didn't have the kind of fuck-you wealth the Tsar had. So they just "self-identified" as the representatives of the proletariat, and seized power for themselves. The actual proles didn't see any benefit; they just saw one cartel of exploiters swapped out for another.
Moderately rich people always resent insanely rich people (case in point: bougie progressives hating on Trump). Sometimes, some good can come of this; Magna Carta was a reform pushed by the general nobility (earls, dukes, etc.) to rein in the power of the King over their lives, and that concept of power limitations eventually trickled down and benefited the rest of society.
More often than not though, socialism is just a power-play by those ALMOST at the top of society, that benefits nobody outside of their own caste (in this case, the Professional-Managerial Class).
Yes, you are correct. The Senior Managerial Class largely abandoned us during the Pandemic by hyping the Covid "cases" as opposed to deaths in the main stream media. Many large law firms have also taken retainers from the Trudeau government to litigate against us with respect to Charter Rights/Bill of Rights... and forced vaccination. Turkey and Israel are now on to fourth and fifth doses to update their "passports". Good legal help is needed.
Worthwhile comment, Miles or miles. I happen to agree with most of what you said.