Sentences with word «oligarchy»

The education reform oligarchy of the 80's had a school choice conversation — at least one that is a matter of record.

We can imagine a Russia in which an authoritarian government accepts religious pluralism and economic oligarchy in exchange for a free hand with the media and political power.

Central bank «independence» was euphemized as the «hallmark of democracy,» not the victory of financial oligarchy.

Unpleasant, perhaps, as American democracy slips into oligarchy.

The problem with oligarchies is that historically they are so shortsighted that they stifle the domestic economy, driving enterprise and emigration abroad.

Ruling oligarchies also play significant roles in international dealings.

The Sixties may have been, in principle, a descent from oligarchy into democracy.

Our schools shouldn't operate as oligarchies with rules made by a small group of adults for the much larger group of students.

The 99 % slogan of the Occupy movement and los indignados referred not only to increasing economic inequality but to the dominance of a wealthy oligarchy over the many.

The whole series really is well worth checking out; I particularly recommend the sections on elite progressive bloggers as a new political oligarchy (confirming some prejudices), on conservative efforts to catch up, and on online attack ads and dirty tricks (mmmm, my favorite).

Ochlocracy («rule of the general populace») is democracy («rule of the people») spoiled by demagoguery, «tyranny of the majority» and the rule of passion over reason, just like oligarchy («rule of a few») is aristocracy («rule of the best») spoiled by corruption, and tyranny is monarchy spoiled by lack of virtue.

A response has come in from Roger A. Pielke Sr., a climate scientist at the University of Colorado who has often been a critic of what he has called «the climate oligarchy» — including some of the scientists involved in the e-mail strings taken from the Climatic Research Unit.

The patterns are all over the place because the truth is in the numbers that the education oligarchy wanted collected.

They're a bunch of uncaring phonies, working to maintain the corporate oligarchy and the status quo among the wealthiest.

This revolution, he contends, is inconsistent with the founders» intentions, violates the trust of the American people, and effectively substitutes «a judicial oligarchy for the Republic established by the Constitution.»

The end result would be either a brutally repressive right - wing oligarchy backed by military force, or a wildly irrational populist left - wing revolution.

It's arguable that it was oligarchy more than democracy that trampled on American aristocracy understood is a classy devotion to formalities or «knowing your place» (in the good sense).

Chesterton goes on to say: «Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.

Latin Songbirds depicts «three left - leaning Latin American leaders who are trying to reverse a history of rule by wealthy oligarchies, reject the U.S.'s and IMF's neoliberal economic policies, take control of their own resources, and improve the lives of their citizens, especially in the areas of literacy, health care, and economic well - being,» states artist Christa Maiwald.

Our schools operate as an educational oligarchy where a small group of adults decides what, where and how millions of children and teens will learn.

are you really going to pretend that the opulent lifestyle of the religious oligarchy over the past millennia was not supported by the «donations» of the faithful?

If the largest monopolies haven't yet created a monopoly, it's not impossible to argue that they have created oligarchies with a few centralized authorities that control many buyers and sellers.

Sanders warned darkly that the country was «marching towards oligarchy» while Teachout decried members of Congress who spent their days «sitting in little rooms calling up the richest people they know and asking for money.»

David Beetham, The News International scandal is just the tip of the iceberg of unelected oligarchies and corporate power in Britain's democracy, British Politics and Policy at LSE, 29 July 2011.

If it does not, then like other oligarchies it will rapidly lose legitimacy and risks collapse.

The education reform oligarchy set an agenda, carefully selected their mode of operations, and agreed upon the bait.

In reverse order of your concerns, the CREA in - house revolving Oligarchy is directly responsible for pushing this deluded mentality forward at the behest of slick sales types pushing the latest techno - fobe gotta - keep - up - with - the - latest - internet - cheap - marketing - scheme, for «their» profitability of course, to the detriment of the folks who are levied to the tune of $ 20,000,000, soon to be $ 24,000,000, who naively pay the Oligarchs» way.

Domestic assets are transferred into foreign hands — including those of domestic oligarchies operating out of their offshore dollar or Swiss - franc accounts.

the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to rape by fossil fuel oligarchies (a piddling amount of revenue, but sufficient to buy off the principle-less Sen. Lisa Murkowski from Alaska);

But, he says, «when you are a data - driven oligarchy like Facebook, Google, Amazon, or Uber, you really can't wash your hands of the impact of your algorithms and your ability to shape popular sentiment in our society.»

He sees Wall Street bankers now entrenched as the new American oligarchy, subtle but surprisingly brazen in their manipulation of political actors and the levers of government power.

«It's like something out of a tin - pot oligarchy.»

Finance vs. government; oligarchy vs. democracy Democracy involves subordinating financial dynamics to serve economic balance and growth — and taxing rentier income or keeping basic monopolies in the public domain.

And as Aristotle said, «what is democracy but the stage immediately preceding oligarchy?

So, what's at stake is whether Europe — Greece and other countries — are going to be democratic, or whether they're going to be run by a financial oligarchy via the E.U. bureaucracy, basically the European Central Bank.

The U.S. Treasury document announcing sanctions to punish «worldwide malign activity» is a comic read, but it is also mortal threat to the Putin oligarchy.

The only debts that Emperor Hadrian annulled were Rome's tax records, which he burned in 119 AD — tax debts owed to the palace, not debts to the creditor oligarchy that had gained control of Rome's land.