POL200Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Oligarchy, Rieti
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Polity is a mixture of oligarchy and democracy. Wealth is important in any polity, their wealth contributes the most to the polis. The oligarchs claim that they are the best at everything and should rule, they always rule in their own interest. Democrats think they are equal in all things, they exclude wealth. They fall short of justice, and are unstable. If we combine certain components, we will get a natural and stable polis. Because chances are you live in a democracy or an oligarchy, you do(cid:374)"t have to (cid:272)reate thi(cid:374)gs fro(cid:373) s(cid:272)rat(cid:272)h. There is 2 ways of looking at this combination: constitutional mixing: If your in a democracy, you want to bring more oligarchic parts. Trying to find a mean between 2 extremes. It is not the ideal, it is not an aristocracy, but this is something that most people can participate in, most are oligarchies or democracies. The reformer just needs to go in the opposite direction.
