Oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía); from ὀλίγος (olígos),
meaning "few", and ἄρχω (arkho), meaning "to rule or to command")[1][2][3]
is a form of power structure in
which power
effectively rests with a small number of people. These people could be
distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, education, corporate, religious
or military control. Such states are often controlled by a few prominent
families who typically pass their influence from one generation to the next,
but inheritance is not a necessary
condition for the application of this term.
Throughout history, oligarchies have often been tyrannical (relying on public
obedience and/or oppression to exist). Aristotle pioneered the use
of the term as a synonym for rule by the rich,[4]
for which another term commonly used today is plutocracy.
We have been a Oligarcy or Plutocracy for a long time. How many times has
it been reported that a school board, town council or some other level of our
government Including the State Houses and Congress itself have made self
enriching and self empowering decisions that were not good for the majority?
If you think we have freedom of speech or freedom of association all you
have to do is look at The Dept. of Justice/ FIB led attack on the Occupy
Movement. A attack on both the freedom of speech and freedom of association.
Not to mention the guarantee that property can not be seized, destroyed or
otherwise taken without a warrant. What happened to the books, computers,
tents clothing of the people who were raided in the middle of the night by the
barbarians of NYP and LAPD and other cities from coast to coast? For that
matter, what has happened in even the smallest cities to the residents of
homeless camps? I know of one case where a family photo album and family bible
were all a individual ent had only to watch the po-LICE destroy those items.
How many people have been executed by the police since the first of the
year? The best number I have found so far is 176 for the month of January. Yes
#Black Lives Matter, so do Red lives, Latino Lives and poor lives.
This is top down government where only those who can afford to buy our
lawmakers/political parties have any say in what goes on in the world and they
are using the po-LICE to enforce this decision.
The Republican Party has a basic tenet that only the very powerful should
or do have any rights. The rest of us are surfs, useless eaters and scum not
worth bothering with except for lies and falsehoods at election time. The
Democrats have exactly the same guiding principle. Thus they are both criminal
organizations running scams to ensure the maximum bribes to support their
elected/appointed members. They also maintain strict control of who gets
elected, making sure it's those open to bribery. Thus elections are a waste of
time for the most part.
That means our choices as human beings is very limited. One we can have
armed rebellion. That worked early on when the Shays Rebellion and the Whiskey
Rebellion forced the extreme rich to give us the bill of rights. Two we can
try to vote all of the scoundrels out. With the money raised against us that
has the snowballs chance in hell. We can as a people we can dissolve the
Republic or change it the same way Washington, Jefferson and all the rest of
the rich did away with individual states being nations onto them self despite
the common belief that they were solving problems in the Confederation of
Nations (States). One other way exists, and it's iffy at best. Charge the
Republican/Democrat Party under the RICO act as existing as criminal
enterprises, designed only to maximize the bribes they rake in by pretending
to oppose each other.
