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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0732 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Gaetano Mosca · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Mosca argued that all but the most primitive societies are ruled in fact, if not in theory, by a numerical minority, which he called the political class.”

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