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Region: The Sportsbook

Pato deporte wrote:Why is the current government an oligarchy? If you don't mind me asking

The basics first. Not being snarky, just want to make sure we are on the same page.

oligarchy: (1) a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

When we were in TEP, the Fedele camp could be called an Oligarchy. There was a small group of people who were in control of most of the Government institutions. Yes, we were all legally elected (heck, I was Provost for 2+ terms) but the fact remains that our group was a small group of people having control of a region.

The current government (for simplicity, the Marrabuk Oligarchy) was formed from a group of about 5 or 6 people who had been in power before Yuno and Fedele and wanted to be back in charge. The excuse was that we were evil, but the reality is it was only about power. After they took over, they had to add new people of course (if for no other reason than to replace the people they kicked out or didn't trust), but the original Marrabuk Oligarchy were in control of all the important things. They speak well about opening things up, but look at the current Delegate election. Marrabuk made a grand decision to not run again under the premise of not wanting to be seen as a permanent fixture. Tons of people ran but the top 2 (and the only ones with a reasonable chance to win) are both Marrabuk Oligarchy members.

That is how Oligarchs operate. They give the masses the veneer of Democracy while the Oligarchy keeps the actual control.

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