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5 days ago · If it includes only a subset of the adult population, how small can the subset be before the association ceases to be a democracy and becomes something else, such as an aristocracy (government by the best, aristos) or an oligarchy (government by the few, oligos)?
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5 days ago · Rule by one or the few in the rulers’ own interest is tyranny or oligarchy (or timocracy), respectively, and anarchic mob rule is democracy, as Aristotle used that term.
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2 days ago · Aristotle contrasted rule by the many (democracy/timocracy), with rule by the few (oligarchy/aristocracy), and with rule by a single person (tyranny or today autocracy/absolute monarchy). He also thought that there was a good and a bad variant of each system (he considered democracy to be the degenerate counterpart to timocracy).
5 days ago · Critics argue that capitalism is associated with the unfair distribution of wealth and power; a tendency toward market monopoly or oligopoly (and government by oligarchy); imperialism, counter-revolutionary wars and various forms of economic and cultural exploitation; repression of workers and trade unionists and phenomena such as social ...
3 days ago · Is this a bad thing? It has its pros and cons. It is somewhat good in that it creates some jobs and educates the labor force. Still, most of the money flows out because the HQs are in Germany. Taxes are avoided as well due to “investment agreements.” And finally, there are a lot of strings attached to these investments.
It is less of a debate and more of a theory that will never be perfectly tested while also consistently producing results someone is upset about. What is generally known based on evidence is that markets have pros and cons that are very dependent on the specifics. Government action has pros and cons that are very dependent on the specifics.
5 days ago · SECTION 44‑4‑100. Short title. This act may be cited as the "Emergency Health Powers Act." HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
