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Surya Gayatri

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3. How can this corrupt system be termed a

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 08:25 AM

Feb 2012

"democracy"?
When a few elite rule, I believe such a political system is called an oligarchy :

ol·i·gar·chy/ˈäliˌgärkē/
Noun:
1. A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
2. A state governed by such a group.
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