you'd be surprised but the kulaks had actually established themselves as a special kind of scum long before freemasonry even became a thing. > " ca opo  moc o eopoo [...]  o o ayo  yao" > "bread prices in moscow have risen greatly because of crop failures [...] and way too many mass-buyers and kulaks" - from the letters of tsar alexei mikhailovich romanov (1629 - 1676) on measures to combat hunger. > a ye pe aie cy  ya yy cie oap y pi e cya  o c o e :   cya  yaa   ecoo aaai   o paopei eo cao ocepi  oa > and if henceforth such engrossers and kulaks start mass-buying all kinds of goods from peasants trading in the cities and swindle or hurt people of any ranks: both such engrossers and kulaks shall be severely punished and eternally ruined without any pardon or mercy - the boyar's edict "on the prevention of mass-buying and reselling of goods brought to the markets by peasants", 1694 > ya - epey, epeopo. ya c cy. > kulak: a swindler, a re-seller, a profiteer. (e.g. the kulaks had everything bought out.) - dictionary of the russian academy, p 1060, 1789
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