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What is the iron law of oligarchy?

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The iron law of oligarchy is a political theory, developed by the German sociologist Robert Michels

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Explanation: The iron law of oligarchy is the inevitable form and mode of business that is sooner or later imposed as the only effective, kind of attitude that the goal justifies the means. Thus, when any organization with an oligarchic structure initially follows and respects the democratic principles of cooperation and respect, over time it begins to violate the democratic principles of cooperation. Typically, this law is characteristic of powerful and complex organizations, where, with the complexity of the job, all decision-making is done at the level of elitist decision-making and the management is carried out by few the most competent ones, the "chosen". Collaboration then begins to be neglected, and the true principles of democracy, which have been a prerequisite for the emergence of such cooperative organizations, become practically impossible and essentially cease to apply.

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