Oligarchy

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Jimmy Carter has commented that the USA is more an “oligarchy than a democracy”.[1]

 

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Page nameDescription
Iron law of oligarchyThe theory that all complex organizations, regardless of how democratic they are when started, eventually develop into oligarchies.
USThe United States is the single biggest military spender in the world, with a higher 2020 expenditure than the next ten countries combined. Its infrastructure has been described to be in disrepair since the late 1980s.

 

Related Quotation

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Michael Parenti“Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.”Michael Parenti
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