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The wealthy rules
California is much closer to a plutocracy than a grass-roots democracy
Oligarchy is government by the few. Plutocracy is government by the wealthy few.
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the wealthy
a government ruled by the wealthy
Many forms of government from Democracy to Tyranny Meritocracy and Aristocracy to Plutocracy.
democracy, autocracy, aristocracy, theocracy, meritocracy, plutocracy, bureaucracy, mobocracy
Plutocracy
When you say it's a "rule of the rich", as in the Golden Rule (he who has the gold, rules)."This plutocracy keeps the poor aware of everything...or not."
An oligarchy is a government controlled by a small group of wealthy landowners and corporate leaders.
A government run and controlled by the wealthy.