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Mongoose
04-04-22, 02:23 PM
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USMC 2571
04-04-22, 02:54 PM
Gross governmental abuse. Will continue to exist, because, wtf, it's not coming out of the personal pockets of government officials. So, live it up.
Kegler300
04-04-22, 05:30 PM
Our tax dollars at work.:devious:
FoxtrotOscar
04-05-22, 10:14 AM
Nothing like the life of luxury for these thieves....

So much more equal justice for all...!!!
Cpl Keller
04-06-22, 09:43 AM
Those people laugh at us and they don't even try and hide their contempt for us anymore.
FoxtrotOscar
04-06-22, 10:07 AM
Oligarchy (from Greek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language) ὀλιγαρχία (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%80%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%A F%CE%B1) (oligarkhía); from ὀλίγος (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%80%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82) (olígos) 'few', and ἄρχω (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%84%CF%81%CF%87%CF%89) (arkho) 'to rule or to command') is a form of power structure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_structure) in which power (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)) rests with a small number of people.

These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobility), fame (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/famous), wealth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth), education (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education), or corporate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate), religious (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious), political (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political), or military (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military) control.


Throughout history, oligarchies have often been tyrannical (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrant), relying on public obedience or oppression to exist. Aristotle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle) pioneered the use of the term as meaning rule by the rich, for which another term commonly used today is plutocracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy).

In the early 20th century Robert Michels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Michels) developed the theory that democracies, like all large organizations, tend to turn into oligarchies. In his "Iron law of oligarchy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy)" he suggests that the necessary division of labor in large organizations leads to the establishment of a ruling class mostly concerned with protecting their own power.

Sounds like today's structure of Politics...
oldtop
04-06-22, 12:14 PM
it's always to "live high off the hog" when someone else is paying the bill, and politicians have always been quite free with a checkbook that is forever overflowing with funds, simply raise taxes...