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appalachiablue

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5. This Atlantic article from 2011 might be useful. The author is a

Reply to EffieBlack (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2018, 09:42 PM

May 2018

Canadian journalist and politician. The terms plutocrats and oligarchs have been regularly used to characterize the wealth inequality that's been escalating rapidly in the last years 20+ years and creating a global, small and extremely wealthy class.

Oligarchs, plutocrats is an old term that also describes the earlier US 19th c. Robber Baron/Gilded Age and early 20th c. Roaring 20s/great Gatsby era.

The terms also applied to the British upper class, power structures in South America, and many other places at different times.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/01/the-rise-of-the-new-global-elite/308343/

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Was the term "oligarchy" a common term in our political discourse prior to 2016? [View all] EffieBlack May 2018 OP

A word I'd never heard before the Trump regime is emolument. Arkansas Granny May 2018 #1

Maybe in graduate schools. Elsewhere, not so much IMO. n/t rzemanfl May 2018 #2

Oligarchy TheRealNorth May 2018 #3

"Oligarchs" was a pretty common slanderous phrase Docreed2003 May 2018 #4

I was familiar with the word before then, but it did not seem to be commonly used until the 2016 EffieBlack May 2018 #6

Agreed Docreed2003 May 2018 #8

That's really an honest self-reflection EffieBlack May 2018 #17

This Atlantic article from 2011 might be useful. The author is a appalachiablue May 2018 #5

Yes, I'm familiar with the word and certainly heard it before 2016. But it was not in common usage EffieBlack May 2018 #7

Jimmy Carter called it just a few years ago, quite bluntly. I credit him for saying it out loud. nt Hekate May 2018 #9

I used it well before 2016 but can't speak to how widespread its use is now. Solly Mack May 2018 #10

I would imagine that Occupy Wall Street could have caused an uptick in usage. Lucky Luciano May 2018 #11

It was around in 2011 & 2012 when Chris Hayes of MSNBC published appalachiablue May 2018 #12

Not like now. Nt BootinUp May 2018 #13

Only in the context of the Roman Republic... comradebillyboy May 2018 #14

Yes oberliner May 2018 #15

Not that I recall. triron May 2018 #16

It is a pretty archaic word that was used in intellectual circles mostly. Blue_true May 2018 #18

Most governments in the world are oligarchies. The new word to me is .... kwassa May 2018 #19

Agree with both of your sentences. appalachiablue May 2018 #20