[Continuing on the purge of my drafts folder, here are the notes for another post whose point and purpose are long forgotten, from June 2009]

# Monarchy – tribal rule based on brute force

# Kingship – virtuous rule by one man

# Tyranny – wicked rule by one man

# Aristocracy – virtuous rule by a few men

# Oligarchy – wicked rule by a few men

# Democracy – virtuous rule by the many

# Ochlocracy – wicked rule by the many (mob rule)

via The Ring of Truth « The Committee of Public Safety.

[Sadly this blog is also now gone, but there is an archive at archive.org]