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Miro (formerly named Democracy Player or DTV) [3] is an audio, video player and Internet television application developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation. It runs on Microsoft Windows, macOS, FreeBSD and Linux and supports most known video file formats. It offers both audio and video, some in HD quality.
The term plutocracy is generally used as a pejorative to describe or warn against an undesirable condition. [3] [4] Throughout history, political thinkers and philosophers have condemned plutocrats for ignoring their social responsibilities, using their power to serve their own purposes and thereby increasing poverty and nurturing class conflict and corrupting societies with greed and hedonism.
Kleptocracy is different from plutocracy (rule by the richest) and oligarchy (rule by a small elite). In a kleptocracy, corrupt politicians enrich themselves secretly outside the rule of law, through kickbacks, bribes, and special favors from lobbyists and corporations, or they simply direct state funds to themselves and their associates. Also ...
Anocracy, or semi-democracy, [1] is a form of government that is loosely defined as part democracy and part dictatorship, [2] [3] or as a "regime that mixes democratic with autocratic features". [3] Another definition classifies anocracy as "a regime that permits some means of participation through opposition group behavior but that has ...
Kleptocracy – government by corrupt leaders who use political power to steal the wealth of the people; Oligarchy – government in which power rests with a small number of people; Ochlocracy – oppressive majoritarian form of government (mob rule)
The AI arms race. Gates's comments on AI and the political process are likely to send ripples throughout the tech beast he founded. That's because Microsoft is making a huge bet today that the ...
Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." [2] Critics of democracy have often tried to highlight democracy's inconsistencies, paradoxes, and limits by contrasting it with other forms of government, such as epistocracy or lottocracy.
A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India is a 2016 book by Indian investigative journalist Josy Joseph. [1] It examines and documents the democracy of modern India , drawing attention to corruption in both business and government, and the intertwining of money and muscle power in politics.