{"id":10115,"date":"2017-06-28T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=10115"},"modified":"2017-06-28T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:33:00","slug":"word-of-the-day-167","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/06\/28\/word-of-the-day-167\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Oligarchy<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Oligarchy<\/b> (from <a title=\"Greek language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\">Greek<\/a> <i><span lang=\"el\" xml:lang=\"el\">\u1f40\u03bb\u03b9\u03b3\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03af\u03b1<\/span> (oligarkh\u00eda)<\/i>; from <span lang=\"\" xml:lang=\"\">\u1f40\u03bb\u03af\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 <i>(ol\u00edgos)<\/i><\/span>, meaning &#8216;few&#8217;, and <span lang=\"\" xml:lang=\"\">\u1f04\u03c1\u03c7\u03c9 <i>(arkho)<\/i><\/span>, meaning &#8216;to rule or to command&#8217;)<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oligarchy#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oligarchy#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oligarchy#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> is a form of <a title=\"Power structure\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Power_structure\">power structure<\/a> in which <a title=\"Power (social and political)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Power_(social_and_political)\">power<\/a> rests with a small number of people. These people might be distinguished by <a title=\"Nobility\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobility\">nobility<\/a>, wealth, family ties, education or corporate, religious or military control. Such states are often controlled by a few prominent families who typically pass their influence from one generation to the next, but inheritance is not a <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Necessary but not sufficient\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Necessary_but_not_sufficient#Relationship_between_necessity_and_sufficiency\">necessary condition<\/a> for the application of this term. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oligarchy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/em><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/the-real-reason-the-elites-keep-killing-single-payer-1fbaa24c2c22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Real Reason The Elites Keep Killing Single-Payer<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; Caitlin Johnstone, <em><strong>Medium<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you say that America is an oligarchy (and it certainly is, which we\u2019ll get to in a second), you\u2019re not merely saying that there is too much money in US politics or that the wealthy have an unfair amount of power in America. Per definition, you are saying that a small class of elites rule over you and your nation, like a king rules over his kingdom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An interesting article, incidentally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oligarchy: Oligarchy (from Greek \u1f40\u03bb\u03b9\u03b3\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03af\u03b1 (oligarkh\u00eda); from \u1f40\u03bb\u03af\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 (ol\u00edgos), meaning &#8216;few&#8217;, and \u1f04\u03c1\u03c7\u03c9 (arkho), meaning &#8216;to rule or to command&#8217;)[1][2][3] is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. 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