Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result…

Aristotle
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Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses. ✨ 'Politics' bk. 1, sect. 4, 1296a
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Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses. ✨ 'Politics' bk. 1, sect. 4, 1296a

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