The delusion of socialists is thinking that the rich and powerful disappear in a socialist environment, and that the difference is we just plainly agreed that the rich should be powerful because capitalism.

Nepotism was huge in the USSR. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazhory

Tons of success had to do with connections in the USSR and who you knew. They struggled in very similar ways we do now.

Class struggles don’t just disappear when you wave your socialism wand at them… Humanity is a fucking mess and takes work.