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obligarchy 

A structure/form found in the world...ie: religious, educational, governmental, commercial; which has as it's basis the idea of mandatory obligation to principles inherent in the structure requiring strict adherence and acceptance without question.
Doctrine in a religious structure which after evolution of centuries by a central core of leaders, is accepted as unquestionably the "fact" or the "truth". Direct questioning then would lead to expulsion or being shunned or removed from the group. Inclusion in an obligarchy requires acceptance/approval of, and adherence to certain basic premises for inclusion in the group.
obligarchy by Franc Shoults May 17, 2006
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mobligarchy 

A small group of mobsters having control of a country, organization, or institution.
In 2016, Putin and his cronies successfully manipulated the sheeple of the United States into installing a mobligarchy ruled by the mobligarch, Donald Trump.
mobligarchy by godisamyth March 16, 2018

Obligarchy 

A government controlled entirely by favors.
No thank, you sir, I do not subscribe to your obligarchy... even on the day of your daughter's wedding.

moraligarchy

A system of power — political, technical, or infrastructural — held by an individual or small group whose authority is justified not by election, inheritance, or force, but by genuine moral integrity and competence. Unlike traditional oligarchy, which concentrates power through wealth or ruthlessness, a moraligarchy concentrates power through trustworthiness — with the uncomfortable acknowledgment that such trust ultimately cannot be enforced, only chosen.
The internet needed a moraligarchy at its founding. Instead it got advertising.
moraligarchy by goatgeek March 1, 2026