The World Is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs

Re:The World Is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs by dec0dedab0de on Saturday May 02, 2020 @06:48AM (#23050939)

This is also where the word oligarchy comes from

Im pretty sure the word oligarchy existed before humans relied on petroleum.

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Re:The World Is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs by sweetdreamerit on Saturday May 02, 2020 @11:37AM (#23052331)

it comes from greek ὀλιγαρχία [0]: from ὀλίγος (olígos), meaning 'few', and ἄρχω (arkho), meaning 'to rule or to command')[1]

[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%80%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B3%C... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy

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Re:The World Is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs by muro on Saturday May 02, 2020 @07:37AM (#23051140)

Maybe it should have spelled "oiligarchy"?

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Re:The World Is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs by capableweb on Saturday May 02, 2020 @06:56AM (#23050977)

I'm pretty sure jillesvangurp is referencing the OPEC cartel here, that they are the oligarchies, and the behavior they have is where the word comes from. Not that the word oligarchy comes from something around oil.

Could also be that I'm reading it too favorably, but I guess that's better than the opposite.

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Re:The World Is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs by jshevek on Saturday May 02, 2020 @11:41AM (#23052356)

I interpreted that to mean "this is effectively an oligarchy", not a claim of recent etymology.

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