All 4 Uses of
oligarchy
in
1984 by Orwell
- It had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism.†
p. 206..4 *
- He did not see that the continuity of an oligarchy need not be physical, nor did he pause to reflect that hereditary aristocracies have always been shortlived, whereas adoptive organizations such as the Catholic Church have sometimes lasted for hundreds or thousands of years.†
p. 209..9
- All past oligarchies have fallen from power either because they ossified or because they grew soft.†
p. 215..1
- We are different from all the oligarchies of the past, in that we know what we are doing.†
p. 263..4
Definition:
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(oligarchy) a political system governed by a few people