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> This is also where the word oligarchy comes from. The word has been in use for 500 years. According to the Oxford dictionary it derives from the Greek oligar
by clouddrover 7y ago
> This is also where the word oligarchy comes from.
The word has been in use for 500 years. According to the Oxford dictionary it derives from the Greek oligarkhia, from oligoi "few" and arkhein "to rule":
https://www.lexico.com/definition/oligarchy https://www.lexico.com/definition/oligarchy