Question

Read the excerpt from Lawrence Ferlinghetti's To the Oracle at Delphi.

Great Oracle, sleeping through the centuries,
Awaken now at last
And tell us how to save us from ourselves
and how to survive our own rulers
who would make a plutocracy of our democracy
in the Great Divide
between the rich and the poor
in whom Walt Whitman heard America singing

Who are the "rulers" mentioned in the text?

Answer 1

The Wealthy

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The wealthy

Step-by-step explanation:

The word "plutocracy" means a society or a country controlled by wealthy people. In the excerpt, the author is implying that rich people would eliminate democracy and rule as they wish.