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Old 05-26-2007, 01:02 PM
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Maybe I used the wrong word....could be Plutocracy
This from WIKI


Plutocracy-Forms of Control

A Plutocracy is a government controlled by that miniscule percentage of extremely wealthy individuals found in most societies. In many forms of government, those in power benefit financially, sometimes enough to belong to the aforementioned wealthy class. This gives rise to the theory that any governmental system can, and will eventually progress, or descend, to a plutocratic state given enough time and resources.

Classically, a plutocracy was an oligarchy, which is to say a government controlled by the wealthy few. Usually this meant that these ‘plutocrats’ controlled not only the executive, legislative and judicial aspects of government, but also most of the natural resources, including the armed forces. To a certain degree, there are still some situations in which private corporations and wealthy individuals may exert such strong influence on governments, that the effect can arguably be compared to a plutocracy.



OIL COMPANIES AND HALIBURTON, possibly CHINAMART.... perhaps...???
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