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An oligarchy is best defined as

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a government ruled by a small, elite group.

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An oligarchy is defined by a small group of people having control of the entire country, rather than the whole population of the country ruling it jointly. In a way, in my opinion, the US was an oligarchy during slavery: as people of colour and women didn't have voting rights.
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