Information on the history and modern practice of oligarchy, a form of government in which power is held by a select few, typically wealthy families. (Because of the association of power and wealth, the term oligarchy may be used synonymously with plutocracy.)
Throughout history and also across the different nations of the world there is a wide variety of types of government. Two types of government that can be difficult to distinguish are oligarchic and republic.
Thanks to their cozy relationship with the Obama administration, a new class of super-wealthy oligarchs keeps getting more powerful while the country's middle class shrinks.
Former president Jimmy Carter said on the nationally syndicated radio show the Thom Hartmann Program that the United States is now an "oligarchy" in which "unlimited political bribery" has created "a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors."
Throughout history and also across the different nations of the world there is a wide variety of types of government. Two types of government that can be difficult to distinguish are oligarchic and republic.
Thanks to their cozy relationship with the Obama administration, a new class of super-wealthy oligarchs keeps getting more powerful while the country's middle class shrinks.
Former president Jimmy Carter said on the nationally syndicated radio show the Thom Hartmann Program that the United States is now an "oligarchy" in which "unlimited political bribery" has created "a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors."
