Instigator / Pro
14
1266
rating
119
debates
15.97%
won
Topic
#699
"benevolent oligarchy" is oxymoronic
Status
Finished
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After 2 votes and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...
Type1
Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Standard
- Number of rounds
- 3
- Time for argument
- Three days
- Max argument characters
- 30,000
- Voting period
- One week
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
Contender / Con
11
1495
rating
47
debates
48.94%
won
Description
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Round 1
Oligarchy cannot be benevolent, because the more authority there is the more class there is, and the more class there is the more the interests of the people at large and the people in power are divided.
Oxymoron: A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
Benevolent definition, characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.
There is nothing inherently oxymoronic about these terms. Your hypothesis that the more authority there is the more "class" there is is as of yet unsupported. Even if what you say is true, why can one class not be benevolent towards the other?
Round 2
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Round 3
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