Re:Operation Dark Winter
by paganel on Friday March 06, 2020 @06:18AM
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> It's the sad truth that greed is the largest part of it, which enables the oligarchs
Slightly related, and for anyone that might accuse the OP of using the term "oligarch" as too modern or too politically-motivated, I highly suggest Robert Michels's "Political Parties", a book written more than 100 years ago and whose subtitle says it all: "A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy".
I've just finished reading it (it had been on my to-read list for a couple of years now) and it's fascinating how prescient the writing in there is.
Re:Operation Dark Winter
by arethuza on Friday March 06, 2020 @07:11AM
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Also worth noting that the political structures in 1984 are described in the book as "Oligarchical Collectivism" - not being in the US I tend to associated the term "oligarch" with Russia.
Slightly related, and for anyone that might accuse the OP of using the term "oligarch" as too modern or too politically-motivated, I highly suggest Robert Michels's "Political Parties", a book written more than 100 years ago and whose subtitle says it all: "A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy".
I've just finished reading it (it had been on my to-read list for a couple of years now) and it's fascinating how prescient the writing in there is.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Parties