What divides democratic form of government and an Oligarchy?
Honestly, looking at the USA and UK I would say nothing. It’s perfectly possible to have a democracy and an oligarchy at the same time. The USA and UK have free votes for citizens but only from a selected choice of effectively identical policy and acceptable parties. The only difference, if at all, is who greases their wheel, not whether their wheel is greased… The idea that vested interests don’t get favourable business contracts from the US and UK governments is laughable. For example, the millions of US tax dollars that were literally handed out in crates to private US contractors by weight of cash! for no return in Iraq or the UK Government stepping in to halt Scotland Yard criminal enquiries into Saudi arms deals. High profile examples and so common as to be ignored…
