Should so-called oligarchs have any place in democracies?

Should unelected people have any place in the democratic process of government? In Britain there was a man called Cummings who made the news during the pandemic, and now in America there is the non-American man of the moment who has his own media platform, Elon Musk.

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

CedricH · M

There‘s not one type of oligarch, it depends on the public virtue and statesmanship of each, so called oligarch, individually. This article takes measure of the historical contributions previous oligarchs made to the prosperity, the liberalization and democratization of England and the Netherlands but the author clearly distinguishes these people from individuals like the Russian oligarchs, Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/one-cheer-for-oligarchy (published 4 days ago, I might add)