"A ruling class need NOT be monolithic, however.
In fact, most ruling classes are divided into TWO broad FACTIONS, which
we may call the POLITICAL CLASS and the CORPORATE CLASS. The political
class comprises those who are in direct control of running the
State--politicians, civil servants; the corporate class, on the other
hand, comprises the wealthy quasi-private beneficiaries of State
power--the collectors of subsidies, government contracts, and grants of
monopoly privilege. These two groups might be called the BUREAUCRATS and
the PLUTOCRATS."
~ Roderick T. Long. Can We Escape the Ruling Class?
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