Today we frankly recognize that democracy can be no more than aspiration, and have rule not so much by the people as by the cleverest people; not an aristocracy of birth, not a plutocracy of wealth, but a true meritocracy of talent.
- Michael YoungIt means that, in fact, it`s - whether fascist is the right word I don`t know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite.
- Peter SingerPeople live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it`s only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.
- Allan RadelOf all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy
- Andy Kyle