Oligarchy is a form of governance in which power is concentrated in the hands of a small, elite group, often based on wealth, family ties, or military control, limiting broader participation in political decision-making. In contrast, democracy is a system where power is vested in the people, who exercise it directly or through elected representatives, ensuring broader participation and accountability in governance. While oligarchies can exist within democratic frameworks, true democracy emphasizes equality and inclusivity in political processes.
Over a period of a thousand years it went from Monarchy to Oligarchy to Tyranny to Oligarchy to Limited Democracy to Direct Democracy to broad-based Oligarchy to Direct Democracy to Oligarchy to Direct Democracy etc etc.
First a king, then an aristocracy, then a tyrant, then a democracy, then an oligarchy, then a democracy, then an oligarchy, then a democracy, then a king.
It started as a monarchy, became an oligarchy, then a tyranny, then limited democracy, then an oligarchy, then a radical democracy, then a limited democracy.
Monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, limited democracy, radical democracy, oligarchy, limited democracy,.
Government by a group; and not by a monarch. democracy is an oligarchy.
Government by a group; and not by a monarch. democracy is an oligarchy.
It started as a monarchy, became an oligarchy, then a tyranny, then limited democracy, then an oligarchy, then a radical democracy, then a limited democracy.
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The Spartan governent was a fusion of monarchy (the kings), oligarchy (the Gerousia) and democracy (the assembly/Ecclesia).
It started as monarchy, replaced by oligarchy, then tyranny, then limited democracy, democracy, radical democracy, and reverted to limited democracy, then oligarchy, then limited democracy, over a period of a thousand years.
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Direct Democracy, Tribal Rule, Absolute Monarchy, Dictatorship, Oligarchy, Constitutional Monarchy and Representative Democracy.