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The sentance, "Oligarchy is a form of government where most political power effectively rests with a small segment of society (typically the most powerful, whether by wealth, military strength, ruthlessness, or political influence)," is bordering on tautology. Dustin Asby 10:54, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

lamens terms

What does it mean???

You probably mean "layman's terms", although your version might soon be adopted by hack3rz. A layman, technically, is a person who is not a cleric (an employee of the church). More generally, it is a person who does not have specialist knowledge of the subject under discussion. "Layman's terms" are therefore words that a non-specialist can understand. --Heron 16:26, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

No question: the bit about "wealth" puts the USA squarely into this slot: OLIGARCHY. So how can their politicians pretend to "bring democracy to the rest of the world" !? hpbo 17:12, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

History of oligarchies

I think there really should be a "History" section, covering the origins of Oligarchies in classical Greece, and explaining how the concept evolved up to modern day oligarchies. It's mentioned in the article that Aristotle coined the term, perhaps that can be used as a start. Combustible Vulpex (talk) 06:25, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

41.190.2.243 (talk) 20:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Canada Under Capitalism?

Seems this section was jammed into a section with the only source referring to tropical African oligarchies. I'm unsure to if there is more evidence to this beyond personal bias. 69.66.33.215 (talk) 20:23, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Career Choicd Made Easy

Scince this is not a monotheistic topic, I'm so sure that the only decision to leave behind assets are only durring and directly right after divorce. When court is held, only those permissive few retain from arms the legallity of spoken decissions; not choices left ahead. If for at any reason attributing careers make a difference in people's salary I get often. Don't be let down just because this doesn't allow for comic book type of relief, such as how to dress or where to go. Every time the issue of archology is mentioned, some born lucky and some born poor get throttled like a baby during and just right before a baby shower. So: I CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6011:C8F0:45F0:DF6A:93D3:8DED:D19 (talk) 03:44, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the term oligarchy first attributed to Aristotle? It's wrong.

Plato uses the term oligarchy in Book VIII of The Republic, which predates Aristotle's teachings. Aristotle was Plato's student. According to Book VIII, an oligarchy is one of several forms that a society can take. In the strictest sense of the word, and as Plato uses it, an oligarchy is a society ruled by a rich upper class. Also, according to Tacitus the later Roman historian, at a fundamental level there are only three forms that a society can take. Only three forms are mathematically possible. 1) Rule by a single person. 2) Rule by everyone in that society. 3) Rule by a few people in that society, which then takes the form of rule by a rich upper class as well. All other forms that man can make either don't work or don't last long. All revert to one of the three fundamental forms. 71.178.68.206 (talk) 00:26, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]