Sentences with phrase «few ruling elite»
They have — most of them — hot running water, central heating, electric lighting, immunizations against deadly disease, public schooling, access to parks and beautiful libraries, etc. etc, wonderful benefits that, for most of human history, were either reserved for the few ruling elite or didn't exist!
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They might make a few motions that look like communism, but they are more interested in keeping their personal power and wealth, no different than Qaddafi in Libya, or any of thousands of dictators and ruling elites throughout human history.
While parties were thought to be ruled by hidden elites in smoke - filled rooms, the weakness of parties has, ironically, led to a less democratic system with fewer avenues open to average people.
It is a system where the elite rule, the ideology you are looking for is Theocracy which is one of the few politicesed religious ruling systems that realy reaaly goes big on the whole «supressing» other ideas / thoughts part, it comes from always beling you are right.