Ideologies / Oligarchist / The Cabal (archetype)
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The Cabal (archetype)
Government of the owners
The state as a private asset.
Economic+80
SocialistMarket
Governance+72
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−34
TraditionalProgressive
A stand-in for oligarchy itself: a small circle of the very wealthy who own the commanding heights of the economy and quietly wield the state as their private instrument.
social
Hierarchy and deference preserved from the top.
economic
The commanding heights held by a small circle of the rich.
governance
Power exercised by and for that circle, behind a public façade.
Notable for
- Rule of the few
- State capture
- Concentrated wealth
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