Novi Razred - Milovan Dilas

This “New Class” is defined not by ownership of capital in the traditional sense, but by . They control access to resources, jobs, housing, and information. Their privilege is not a salary but nomenklatura —the right to occupy key positions. Đilas argues that this class is more ruthless than the old bourgeoisie because it masks its self-interest behind the sacred rhetoric of “social ownership” and “the common good.”

Đilas showed how people who start as "servants of the people" can easily become their masters. milovan dilas novi razred

Milovan Đilas was once Tito's right-hand man, but he saw something others didn't. In his 1957 classic, Novi razred (The New Class), he argued that instead of creating equality, the system created a new "aristocracy" of party officials. This “New Class” is defined not by ownership