WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down13cross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
arrow-up148arrow-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 · 14 hours agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
minus-squarem4m4m4m4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·13 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-up19arrow-down2·13 hours agoDon’t worry we are zooming right past that nonsense to fascism.
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Don’t worry we are zooming right past that nonsense to fascism.