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Vesayen is offline Vesayen
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Mar 2002
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Are all goverments in the world today plutocracies? Remove this text

Name one that isnt......
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Dec 2001
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There are no goofyocracies?
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Cuba.
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Would that make them Plutopians?
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Cuba.



Castro has all the bling bling and controll of economic resources, so no.



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Would that make them Plutopians?


Not neccesarily.
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Castro has all the bling bling and controll of economic resources, so no.


Castro has no bling bling. And while he may direct the economic resources, he doesn't own them. Plutocracy is rule by the rich. Castro is barely middle class by Cuban standards.
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yeah, but Cuba's a **** hole...

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which came first; the rich, or the rulers?
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you mean in the history of humanity? The rulers.
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The government of the United States of Garfbudzulanizistan are not plutocracies.
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quote:
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The government of the United States of Garfbudzulanizistan are not plutocracies.


Are not? I thought that governments are not afflicted by split personalities.
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yeah, but Cuba's a **** hole...


Yeah well, the Philippines has been pretty much a backwards country, but that didn't stop the Marcos.
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A plutocracy is rule of the wealthy, correct? So, even though in our society the wealthy may wield vast political influence, they do NOT rule, and therefore we are not a plutocracy.

In fact, I'd bet you would be hard-pressed to find a SINGLE example of a true plutocracy.
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A plutocracy is rule of the wealthy, correct? So, even though in our society the wealthy may wield vast political influence, they do NOT rule, and therefore we are not a plutocracy.


Of course they do, how else would you find something like the Sonny Bono Extension Act?
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Besides, a plutocracy does not do everything for the rich. Only a stupid plutocracy does that.
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Or a libertarian government. *whistles*
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Urban Ranger - my point is that a plutocracy is defined as a government in which the rich, quite literally, rule - which is not the case. They merely wield significant political influence

So we are not, technically, a plutocracy

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