Oligarchy in The Information Era
Every governmental system, and further, practically every institutional system, is oligarchical collectivism. An oligarchy is a government system controlled by the few. Compare oligarchy with the word monarchy meaning government system controlled by the one. And really, upon examination, even a monarchy is a oligarchy only with a steeper fashioning, fewer at the top. Even a dictatorship by any other name is in fact oligarchy, and more specifically oligarchical collectivism, a grouping of oligarchical mechanisms and institutions. In fact, a simple way to conceptualize oligarchical collectivism is via a pyramid. A pyramid is made up of many stones with fewer and fewer the higher the level, but all dependent on the functions of the pressurized stones or systems below them.
The exoteric symbolism of the pyramid depicts oligarchical collectivism, the few in control of all those below and yet dependent on all those below. All governments are oligarchical collectivist in one way or another, it is the steepness of the slant in their system that more defines them. The more authoritarian, the more dictatorial, the steeper the slant.
The esoteric symbolism of the pyramid is related to ascension, of the individuation process and internal climb to develop and grow, and to know thyself. The flipped externalized exoteric symbolism belittles the self-development and self-control symbolism and now we have the 'pyramid system' idea and the control systems in pyramidal fashion.
Of all the variations of government, no matter the design, be it democratic or authoritarian, or any other type, the steepness of the slant of the local oligarchical collectivism is generally angled at what the population will tolerate. If the population will tolerate a steep slant than it will be angled as such. The overall collective angle of the mind state is in alignment with the angle of steepness of the state they are in.
"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent." ~Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr. made the observation clear through his eloquence and it remains true, both individually and collectively. A steadfast counter to the steep angle of whatever oligarchical collectivism you are in is the freedom of speech, and/or the boldness to speak freely. If there is no free speech, there is no free thought. The more freedom of speech, the more freedom of information, then the more freedom of thought, and the more development is allowed. Free speech, free information, free thought flattens the slant of sheer oligarchical collectivism.
"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." ~Pericles
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