I have no doubt the useful idiots (proles) believe in the cause of communism and everyone shares the wealth and all that rainbow stew shit they have been fed in school, but I don't think the upper echelon is that stupid.

In my opinion they know the score but believe they will have a position among those elites. Some will and some won't, which will come as a great surprise to those that don't. The radicals used to create their revolution have to be the stupidest of all. In every commie revolution their group has done they are some of the first that get eliminated. The elites have no need for rabblerousers once they gain power.