apparatchik

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The whole identity of the apparatchik is tied up in their having things better than the lumpenproles whose ranks they have climed above.

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  1. noun A member of a Communist apparat.
  2. noun An unquestioningly loyal subordinate, especially of a political leader or organization.

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  1. Russian, from apparat, apparat; see apparat.
 

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