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This text reveals how the majority of modern liberal democracies have become increasingly oligarchic, suffering from a form of structural political decay first conceptualized by ancient philosophers. The book argues that the problem cannot be blamed on the actions of corrupt politicians but is built into the very fabric of our representative systems. The book provides a compelling and original genealogy of political corruption from ancient to modern thought, and shows how representative democracy was designed to protect the interests of the already rich and powerful to the detriment of the majority.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Democracy. --- Representative government and representation. --- Political corruption --- Oligarchy. --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Prevention. --- Democracy --- Representative government and representation --- Oligarchy --- Political science --- Parliamentary government --- Political representation --- Representation --- Self-government --- Constitutional history --- Constitutional law --- Elections --- Republics --- Suffrage --- Equality --- Antonio Negri. --- Cicero. --- Civic Constitution. --- Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution. --- Elizabeth Beaumont. --- English constitutional tradition. --- Evgeny Pashukanis. --- Freedom Is Power. --- Ganesh Sitaraman. --- Harrington. --- Jacques Rancière. --- James Madison. --- Jeffrey Edward Green. --- John P. McCormick. --- Lawrence Hamilton. --- Machiavellian Democracy. --- Marco Goldoni. --- Marx. --- Montesquieu. --- Philip Pettit. --- Plato Aristotle. --- Polybius. --- Shadow of Unfairness. --- Tribunate. --- constituent power. --- critical legal theory. --- history of legal thought. --- inequality. --- material constitution. --- oligarchization. --- revolution.