Oligarchy works as a patronage system that dissolves democracy, law, and patriotism. Snyder, Timothy. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America (p. 261). Crown/Archetype. One of the things that can happen to a democracy is oligarchy. Oligarchy is set up in opposition to democracy from the very very beginning. Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 3: What … Continue reading Oligarchy