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== Forms of Government ==
== Forms of Government ==
=== Greek forms of government ===
* monarchy
* aristocracy:
*** is most easily understood as a social class as opposed to a form of government
*** as a form of government is a type of oligarchy
*** will rule to protect landed interests and family lineages
** in other oligarchies, the elites will rule to protect commercial or other interests
* oligarchy
* oligarchy
** rule by elites
** rule by elites
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*** oli = "many" but only in the sense of more than rule by pure Aristocratic birth
*** oli = "many" but only in the sense of more than rule by pure Aristocratic birth
*** oli refers to spread of power to non-landed, non-hereditary elites
*** oli refers to spread of power to non-landed, non-hereditary elites
** aristocracy:
* tryanny
*** is most easily understood as a social class as opposed to a form of government
* democracy
*** as a form of government is a type of oligarchy
*** will rule to protect landed interests and family lineages
** in other oligarchies, the elites will rule to protect commercial or other interests