Well in the history of the USSR, for example, there were many centrally organised 'Soviets', though one might well question whether they could really be called Soviets in the strict sense. It is, I suppose, similar process to what we might call "astroturfing" (the creation and funding of pseudo-grassroots organisations) today!

And aaaaaaaaaaaanyway Fred, just because something's tautological doesn't make it untrue! A great deal of song construction requires tautology in order to make the words scan!