Sentence:  This is an escalating process until we have a highly privileged <WSD>superminority</WSD> with a vested interest in increasing its numbers and its power. At that point the people have become servants of the bureaucracy, rather than the bureaucracy being a service function of the government, working for the citizenry. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A minority group that wields disproportionate power.