writes:
> > I mean, that does give an awful lot of power to just one
> > family. What if later on one of his daughters would become
> > president? That way, the Bush family would be on its way
> > to become something similar to the Royal Families we have
> > in Europe. (I know there is a word for one family running
> > the country for generations, I just cannot remember it
> > right now. Oligarchy?)
>
> Oh, you mean like the Kennedys? ;-)
>
>Ouch. ;)
>
>An oligarchy doesn't necessarily mean that it's all in the hands of one
>family, just a small group that may or may not be a family. But a
>family running the country for generations would fit into the
>definition.
And, 'elected by the people' is a far cry from 'rule by divine right'. What
matters here
is not that one family rules dynastically (?is this a word?),
but instead, that members of that family have been voted into office. The
same goes for any American oligarchy voted in through the democratic process
. They remain in office at the whim of the majority, and not because they
'deserve' to be there for any other reason.
Jon
