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Economic Activism and Progressive Living

OLDMDDEM

(2,103 posts) Fri Mar 28, 2014, 10:22 AM Mar 2014

Aristocrats versus Plutocrats

Are aristocrats plutocrats? or, Are plutocrats aristocrats?

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Aristocrats versus Plutocrats (Original Post) OLDMDDEM Mar 2014 OP

I think they both fall under the rubric of Organized Crime. n/t Vox Moi Mar 2014 #1

Not all aristocrats are plutocrats. Not all plutocrats are aristocrats. DetlefK Mar 2014 #2

Vox Moi

(546 posts)

1. I think they both fall under the rubric of Organized Crime. n/t

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Fri Mar 28, 2014, 10:27 AM

Mar 2014

DetlefK

(16,455 posts)

2. Not all aristocrats are plutocrats. Not all plutocrats are aristocrats.

Reply to OLDMDDEM (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 10:31 AM

Mar 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristoi

The term aristocracy refers to a rule by nobility (defined by an outstanding attribute), but it's not defined how this rule is exerted.

The exactly contrary argument can be made about plutocrats: They rule via their fortune (the "how&quot

, but there is no particular distinction what it takes to qualify as a plutocrat (the "who&quot

.

To sum up:
Some are this, some are that, some are both.

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