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Oligarchy (from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía) ' rule by few '; from ὀλίγος (olígos) ' few ' and ἄρχω (árkhō) ' to rule, command ') [1] [2] [3] is a form of government in which power rests with a small number of people.
Rule by an autocracy or oligarchy with a power source predicated on a political party or stratocracy; characterized by the rejection of political plurality. Band society: Rule by a government based on small (usually family) unit with a semi-informal hierarchy, with strongest (either physical strength or strength of character) as leader. Bureaucracy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden in his Wednesday farewell speech to the nation warned that American democracy was sliding into an “oligarchy” of tech billionaires. But what exactly is an oligarchy? What is an oligarchy? In short, an oligarchy is an elite few who control the government's actions.
oligarchy: government by the few; timocracy: government by the honored or valued; tyranny: government by one for himself; aristocracy: government by the best (Plato's ideal form of government) Plato found flaws with all existing forms of government and thus concluded that aristocracy, which emphasizes virtue and wisdom, is the purest form of ...
President Biden used his farewell address from the Oval Office on Wednesday to warn Americans of an oligarchy taking shape in the U.S. while issuing warnings of other threats to the nation as he ...
The term oligarchy refers to a government that is run by a handful of people, often for their own gain. The president went on to say there could be "dangerous consequences if their abuse of power ...
Biden said his policies have launched "a new era of American possibility," though he acknowledged some of the projects are years down the road.
Theocracy is a form of autocracy [1] or oligarchy in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries, with executive and legislative power, who manage the government's daily affairs.