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plutocracia

plutocracy

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He warned that the proper balance between private and public enterprise is menaced by socialism, on the one hand, and by plutocracy, on the other. en.wikipedia.org

And our political system remains relatively uncorrupted by the torrents of money that have turned your country into a permanent plutocracy. www.theglobeandmail.com

Elitists tend to favor systems such as meritocracy, technocracy and plutocracy as opposed to radical democracy, political egalitarianism and populism. en.wikipedia.org

This is in contrast to elitism, aristocracy, synarchy or plutocracy, each of which is an ideology that espouse government by a small, privileged group above the masses. en.wikipedia.org

This stand against plutocracy was consistent with his life and consisted of a long defense of a middle-class society against the pressures of greedy self-interest groups and demos, the mob. en.wikipedia.org

The former was an aristocracy - the latter a plutocracy. www.abc.net.au

Government without regulations becomes a plutocracy, run for and by the rich, who remove all remaining business controls. lethbridgeherald.com

Although aristocratic values permeated traditional elite society, a strong tendency toward plutocracy is indicated by the wealth requirements for census rank. en.wikipedia.org

It is more or less of a plutocracy. en.wikipedia.org

It eased the burden of the workers, and determined that membership of the ruling class was to be based on wealth (plutocracy), rather than by birth (aristocracy). en.wikipedia.org

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