Surviving Progress

[Kizzy]

Expecting this to be buried very quickly but hey-ho
Came across this word...
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/427558/oligarchy
oligarchy

oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.

Aristotle used the term oligarchia to designate the rule of the few when it was exercised not by the best but by bad men unjustly. In this sense, oligarchy is a debased form of aristocracy, which denotes government by the few in which power is vested in the best individuals. Most classic oligarchies have resulted when governing elites were recruited exclusively from a ruling caste—a hereditary social grouping that is set apart from the rest of society by religion, kinship, economic....

The quote goes on but thats the gist of it.

It was on a programme on BBC4 called Surviving Progress, have to say it was an eye opening programme ...and the outcome for these Oiligarchic civilisations?.....Not good.

[arista]

Expecting this to be buried very quickly but hey-ho
Came across this word...
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/427558/oligarchy
oligarchy

oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.

Aristotle used the term oligarchia to designate the rule of the few when it was exercised not by the best but by bad men unjustly. In this sense, oligarchy is a debased form of aristocracy, which denotes government by the few in which power is vested in the best individuals. Most classic oligarchies have resulted when governing elites were recruited exclusively from a ruling caste—a hereditary social grouping that is set apart from the rest of society by religion, kinship, economic....

The quote goes on but thats the gist of it.

It was on a programme on BBC4 called Surviving Progress, have to say it was an eye opening programme ...and the outcome for these Oiligarchic civilisations?.....Not good.

Yes like Your Labour Leader
going to meet a Stinking Rich Millionaire
to get money loans

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01473/ROLLS-532_1473547a.jpg


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4203841/Ed-Miliband-in-limo-trip-to-100k-donor.html

[InOne]

No idea what any of that means

[Kizzy]

Come on arista stop trolling, if you have a point lets hear it.

[arista]

No idea what any of that means

Its a Elite with Locked Doors
so Labour and their Stinking Corrupt Unions

[arista]

Come on arista stop trolling, if you have a point lets hear it.


You keep Making Digs
and you Never Ever Attack Labour.

[Kizzy]

I am not attacking anyone arista..... Who did I attack in my post?

[arista]

I am not attacking anyone arista..... Who did I attack in my post?
"oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes."

[Kizzy]

"oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes."

That was a quote from the definition...Not my personal view.
It just shows though that this model has been proven to bring down powerful empires in the past....It would be unwise to recreate it...Don't you think?

[Urban Cragou]

"oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes."

That's not her opinion, though, is it? All she did was quote the facts.

It's not that hard to understand, is it?

[arista]

That's not her opinion, though, is it? All she did was quote the facts.

It's not that hard to understand, is it?


Yes on many other threads it is.

[arista]

That was a quote from the definition...Not my personal view.
It just shows though that this model has been proven to bring down powerful empires in the past....It would be unwise to recreate it...Don't you think?


I am sure in Russia
they do.

[Kizzy]

Yes on many other threads it is.

stop trolling my thread arista please

[Urban Cragou]

Yes on many other threads it is.

Maybe for you it is. I refer you to the first paragraph of my previous post.