oligarchic
adjective
ol·i·gar·chic
ˌä-lə-ˈgär-kik 
ˌō-
variants
or oligarchical
: of, relating to, or based on an oligarchy
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In the United States, democracy faces a weaker but dual pressure: Trump’s populism and Musk’s oligarchic influence.
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BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
At every turn, President Donald Trump and his oligarchic allies, the real-life embodiment of Mr. Burns, are trying to blot out the sun by filling the skies with so much bull**** that no one knows what's what.
Consider Trump's alliance with the billionaire tech bro class.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
These are key steps on the road toward even more concentrated oligarchic control.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
Behind them is a coterie of billionaires pushing for more oligarchic control of America (among them, Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, tech entrepreneur David Sacks, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Palantir adviser Jacob Helberg, and Sequoia Capital’s Doug Leone).
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
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BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
At every turn, President Donald Trump and his oligarchic allies, the real-life embodiment of Mr. Burns, are trying to blot out the sun by filling the skies with so much bull**** that no one knows what's what.
Consider Trump's alliance with the billionaire tech bro class.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
These are key steps on the road toward even more concentrated oligarchic control.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
Behind them is a coterie of billionaires pushing for more oligarchic control of America (among them, Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, tech entrepreneur David Sacks, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Palantir adviser Jacob Helberg, and Sequoia Capital’s Doug Leone).
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Oligarchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oligarchic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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