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Good one Laura, Oligarchy is better than socialism? inofritzn
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` The Oligarchy is about to tread upon our faces -- yours and mine.
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But even so, and Oligarchy is more like the familes in Indonesia (although they’re kinda fascist too) than what these guys do.
Think Progress » Frustrated by Facts, Right-Wing Turns to Fiction Author For Policy Advice 2005
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Even as it was divined, the Oligarchy was there -- a fact established in blood, a stupendous and awful reality.
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To be a Democrat is to believe in Democracy and not in Oligarchy, which is the form of government we have right now. posted by Robert Reich | 2:53 PM
Archive 2006-05-01 Robert Reich 2006
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Oligarchy occurs when political power is concentrated in the hands of a few actors.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
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Oligarchy occurs when political power is concentrated in the hands of a few actors.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
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But by far the most important, in the historical period, are the two forms known as Oligarchy and Democracy; and the reason of their importance is that they corresponded roughly to government by the rich and government by the poor.
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"Oligarchy" is a term Americans used to apply to countries like Russia and smaller third world countries, not to ourselves.
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"Oligarchy" is a term Americans used to apply to countries like Russia and smaller third world countries, not to ourselves.
Does Size Matter? Simon Johnson vs. Paul Krugman on Whether to Break Up "Too Big to Fail" Banks 2010
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