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- noun Plural form of
plutocracy .
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Examples
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I was not well-versed in concepts like "plutocracies" and "population control" which he discussed in his thesis paragraph:
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2010
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In democracies, even those resembling plutocracies, the rich must present their own interests as coinciding with the general good.
Robert E. Prasch: Supply-Side Economics in Fact and Fancy Robert E. Prasch 2011
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The feudal system, the Catholic church, the monarchies, now the plutocracies.
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After the initial jaw drop upon hearing that an amount of money verging on a trillion dollars was basically thrown out of a getaway car and into the cupped hands of various corporations, banks and private plutocracies with nary a word of caution, the feeling in the country is one of liberation.
Steven Weber: TARP, Octuplets and the Triumph of the Mediocre 2009
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This is a misnomer of staggering proportions considering the long history associated with plutocracies and fascist authoritarianism.
Let Them Eat Cake! 2009
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The position of the Western ‘plutocracies’ was ‘hopeless’.21
Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009
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Apparently, they have decided that socialist plutocracies are easier to manage than democratic republics.
Obama's Financial Reform Proposal - A Stealth Scheme for Global Dominance 2009
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Pakistan seesaws periodically between military dictatorships and (very) corrupt plutocracies installed by the “democratic” process.
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This is not a democracy, it's a corporate plutocracy -- and corporate plutocracies don't surrender power.
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Nations come and go, rise and fall as elites and the wealthy make victims of most citizens and plutocracies prevail.
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