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10. That's pretty much Aristotle's argument for oligarchy

Mon Aug 13, 2018, 12:36 PM

Aug 2018

It's ugly but it's been a common idea for thousands of years.

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I heard the creepiest definition for oligarchy. [View all] Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 OP

The "get things done"? CanonRay Aug 2018 #1

I know, right? Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #2

I always defined an Oligarchy as a Mafia. haele Aug 2018 #3

K&R! Please where did you here it put that way! Anon-C Aug 2018 #4

It was an innocuous conversation. Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #6

That doesn't even make sense. maxsolomon Aug 2018 #8

I brought that up. Seems pretty obvious to me what he meant. Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #9

Circumventing the will of the people. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #5

The French had a rather elegant mechanical solution for that dalton99a Aug 2018 #7

That's pretty much Aristotle's argument for oligarchy Recursion Aug 2018 #10

Did he just assume that there would be benevolent people in that group? Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #11

No, but he saw firsthand that Democracy need not be benevolent either Recursion Aug 2018 #14

"Mob" large group of people who come together to get things done ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #12