By operating with averages whose accuracy does not inspire confidence, by lumping workers and employees into a single category, by merging the summits of the bureaucracy with the employees, by passing in silence over secret funds of many billions, by “forgetting” to refer to the employees and mentioning only workers in determining “the average wage”, Stalin pursues a simple goal: to deceive the workers, to deceive the entire world and to hide the vast and ever growing incline of the privileged caste.
Al operar con promedios cuya exactitud no inspira confianza, al poner en una sola categoría a obreros y empleados, al omitir los fondos secretos de miles de millones, al “olvidarse” de los empleados y mencionar sólo a los obreros para determinar el “salario promedio”, Stalin se propone un objetivo muy simple: engañar a los trabajadores, engañar al mundo entero y esconder los ingresos enormes y crecientes de la casta privilegiada.