While plutocracy might be found to some degree in all forms of government, it is far more likely to become permanent in those that do not allow regular free elections such astotalitarianism, authoritarianism, and fascism. In democratic countries, the people have the power to vote plutocrats ou...
Aristocracy is a form of government in which the people are ruled by a small, privileged-class of people called aristocrats. While aristocracy is similar to oligarchy in that they place power in the hands of a few people, the two types of government differ in several key ways. Once the mo...
Plutocracy is a government controlled exclusively by the wealthy, either directly or indirectly. A plutocracy effectively allows only the wealthy to rule. This can then result in policies exclusively designed to assist the wealthy. Such a dynamic is reflected in the word itself; the Greek words ...
What is a Plutocracy? What is the Difference Between a Representative Democracy and a Participatory Democracy? What Is the Difference between a State and a Province? What is e-Government? Discussion Comments By latte31 — On Feb 19, 2011 Cafe41 - That is so true as a matter of fact ma...
A small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes in a type of government, this government is called as Oligarchy. 1.4 Etymology 1.4.1 Word Origin Language Text Greek: Oligio meaning few+ arkhein meaning to rule= Oligarkhia, this led to the word Oligarchy in English...
What is a corporate oligarchy? Power Structures: The United States' government is structured to operate as a representative democracy, which gives power to the people in making key decisions pertaining to how the nation ought to be run. Aristocracies, on the other hand, give the power to the...
TIP: In philosophy, the philosophy of free-will is called by the name “liberty.” Thus liberalism is speaking as much to the Platonic concept of ensuring democracy (pure liberty and equality) via a mixed government (where human reason and government reign in those qualities), as it is ...
You will find the essence of the Tea Party ideology (at least the more rational parts). Championing more government to deal with peak oil, even if it is acknowledged as such, will be a hard sell. Here are the other segments, if you haven't seen enough yet: Part 2: What We Have...
or they calmly forbid their tenants to drink beer in public inns. But this insolence is not (as you would suppose) howled at by everybody as outrageous feudalism. It is gently rebuked as Socialism. For an aristocracy is always progressive; it is a form of going the pace. Their parties ...
Ken is the originator of the world's first truly comprehensive or integrative philosophy, aptly named “Integral Theory”. As Wilber himself puts it: “I'd like to think of it as one of the first believable world philosophies” — something that is becoming increasingly necessary in order to...