“When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately resulting in an oligarchy or tyranny.” HandsPoliticalEconomicCitizensTyrannyPolitical PowerOligarchyEconomic Power Author:John Adams
“We have been very effectively pacified by the pernicious ideology of a consumer society that is centered on the cult of the self - an undiluted hedonism and narcissism. That has become a very effective way to divert our attention while the country is reconfigured into a kind of neofeudalism, with a rapacious oligarchic elite and an anemic government that no longer is able to intercede on behalf of citizens but cravenly serves the interests of the oligarchy itself.” WayKindHas BeensSelfCountryGovernmentAbleInterestAttentionCitizensIdeologyConsumersElitesNarcissismCultBehalfPerniciousOligarchyHedonism Author:Chris Hedges
“Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democracy is almost synonymous with oligarchy.” MeanStatesDemocracyTelevisionCitizensConstantDecadesMexicoOligarchy Author:Andrea Suarez Paz
“In the last presidential election Obama and Romney raised about $1 billion each. The Koch brothers, the second wealthiest family in America, now say they will raise nearly $1 billion for the 2016 elections. When one family can raise as much as an entire party, the system is broken. This is oligarchy, not democracy. We must overturn Citizens United.” LastsAmericaUnitedPartyDemocracyBrotherBrokenCitizensRaisesElectionRaisedBillionsPresidentialRomneyOligarchyPresidential ElectionCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“The billionaires and their super PACs increasingly control the American political process. This is not democracy. This is not what brave Americans fought and died to defend. This is oligarchy. This is government of the few, by the few and for the few. We must overturn Citizen United and move to public funding of elections.” GovernmentMovingPoliticalProcessUnitedDemocracyCitizensDiedElectionBraveFundingBillionaireOligarchyPacsCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“There is always the risk in advocating for democracy that the first people to wake up might not be your team, but that is a risk worth taking. I would rather have citizens I don't agree with organized and active than an oligarchy of people that I agree with.” PeopleFirstsMightDemocracyRiskTeamCitizensWake UpAgreeActiveOrganizedAdvocatingOligarchy Author:Naomi Wolf
“The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyDemocracyDangerousCitizensTyrannyWelfareLiberalismApathyOligarchyLiberty And JusticePublic WelfareIndifference And Apathy Author:Baron de Montesquieu