"Is the United States an Oligarchy?"
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Whether wealth concentration gives the United States oligarchic features is a live sociological dispute, reported here without adjudicating either side.
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One position points to concentrated campaign spending and lobbying shaping legislation; the other points to regular elections and formal checks on officeholders.
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A student who assumes "oligarchy" applies only to nations formally naming themselves one makes this error.
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