@WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down13cross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.en.wikipedia.org@WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
minus-square@m4m4m4m4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish20•1 month ago More advanced forms of timocracy, where power derives entirely from wealth with no regard for social or civic responsibility, may shift in their form and become a plutocracy where the wealthy rule. Yikes
minus-square@SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 month agoDon’t worry we are zooming right past that nonsense to fascism.
minus-square@acockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoI mean, the US has been a plutocracy for many many decades now. Ever since Reagan, at least.
Yikes
Don’t worry we are zooming right past that nonsense to fascism.
I mean, the US has been a plutocracy for many many decades now. Ever since Reagan, at least.
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