By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “Government by the few.”
That’s Merriam-Webster’s first and most succinct definition of oligarchy, the target of a nationwide tour that will bring Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to West Virginia this weekend.
Sanders will have more than four words to spare on that form of governance when his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour hits Wheeling on Friday before heading to Lenore, in Mingo County, and, lastly, Charleston on Saturday.
“[W]hat we are hearing loudly and clearly is the American people say no to oligarchy, say no to authoritarianism and say no to an economy in which the rich are getting richer or working people are struggling,” Sanders said at a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, tour stop on May 2.
