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68: Robert Michels - The Iron Law of Oligarchy

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Dream of Democracy

Mickles: Democracy is like an unattainable treasure that we always have to reach for. The structure of our political system will never reflect it, right? It remains forever that dream. He begins by blurring the neat line we've drawn in our mind between oligarchy and democracy. And so we have aristocratic democracy and democratic aristocracy.

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