What is an autocracy in simple terms? An autocracy is a government where one person or group exercises control over many parts of society. It often involves force, or at least the threat of force. How are totalitarianism and authoritarianism related? Two main things relate totalitarianism and au...
What is an oligarchy government? What type of government did France have before the Revolution? What kind of revolution was the Scientific Revolution? What did the French do after the Haitian Revolution? What did the Luddites do in the Industrial Revolution?
Democracy creates empathy between people. Empathy is essential in accepting political defeat and avoiding the tyranny of the majority, where winners and losers alike understand that people with other ideas have valid reasons for their positions and may in fact have the right ideas to meet the probl...
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(By calling this pursuit political philosophy, we imply that it forms a part of a larger whole: of philosophy; or that political philosophy is a branch of philosophy. In the expression “political philosophy,”“philosophy” indicates the manner of treatment: a treatment...
) Like an oaf; simple. Oak (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or ...
Again, the authors do not mention the expression “oligarchs”, but I think we can easily describe the insiders in the political powerhouse as “red oligarchs”, and that oligarchy in China probably must come with political power even if there are fantastically rich private entrepreneurs in the ...
Rather, it is an elective oligarchy whereby the electorate are offered an opportunity every few years to choose between competing parts of the elite, an elite in the UK whose general political ideas are largely shared by the various competing parts of that elite, ideas which go against the ...
The decisions necessary in economic planning are difficult to reach in a democratic state due to the many competing interests. Most planned economies, therefore, have generally existed only where the form of government is an oligarchy or a dictatorship, such as the former Soviet Union, and in In...