WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down15cross-posted to: til
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.en.wikipedia.orgWoodScientist@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: til
minus-squarem4m4m4m4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·21 hours 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-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·21 hours agoDon’t worry we are zooming right past that nonsense to fascism.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·56 minutes 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.