Elitists in Democracy Democracy is defined as the principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community. The principles, social equality and respect, have are lacking from the individuals of both Argentina and Brazil, and primarily remain within the confines of a restricted oligarchy. The landowners, the upper echelon of Argentina and Brazil is comprised of primarily white rural and urban elites, those who generated wealth primarily from the export of agriculture, and those with prospering domestic and/or foreign businesses. The restricted groups of elites were examined by Robert Dahl in the statement “that th....

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