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Has there ever been an [oligarchy](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oligarchy) that was *not* a [plutocracy](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plutocracy), and if not why do we have the two different terms?

by /u/agnosticbeliever138 in /r/AskHistorians

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