> Isn't one of the key tenants of socialism that almost all power is consolidated into the hands of the few No, oligarchy is not a key tenet of socialism. You

> Isn't one of the key tenants of socialism that almost all power is consolidated into the hands of the few No, oligarchy is not a key tenet of socialism. You may be thinking of Stalinism. Pure socialism would tend toward extreme democracy, where the government controls all things, but all workers have equal say in what the government does. The editor[1] of Current Affairs describes himself as a libertarian socialist[2] -- someone who strongly opposes centralized rule by a small number of people (or single person). 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_J._Robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_J._Robinson 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism