The correct answer to this open question is the following.
In a political system where nearly every adult may vote but where knowledge, wealth, social position, access to government officials, and other resources are unequally distributed, who actually governs?
This is the beginning of the book "The New Gilded Age: From Uniqual Democracy, written by Larry M. Bartles."
That question is posed by Robert Dahl, a scholar, and political writer.
The answer would be that in a scenario like the one described in the question, it is the political and economic power that governs in reality.
It is the men of money, the businessmen, the corporation, the political influencers through political action committees. Yes, the big money corporations that hire lobbyists to negotiate with congressmen to pass laws that favor their interests.
The Enlightenment thinkers correctly matched is A. John Locke - natural rights.
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Enlightenment thinkers </h3>
Enlightenment thinkers are philosophers that questioned traditional authority and pressed on the notion that human reasoning could be improved through rationality. These thinkers added value to reason, science, religion and “natural rights” such as life, liberty, and property.
Who were the Enlightenment thinkers ?
We are more concerned about;
John Locke debated that natural rights which include life, liberty, and property should never be denied an individual or surrendered by a person as it was given by nature.
Jean- Jacques Rousseau believed in introducing political and ethical thinking into new channels. He sharpened music, arts and trade.
Baron de Montesquieu proposed that the best form of government was one built on the delegation of power and kept in check to avoid one from becoming too powerful in the expense of the other.
Hence, the Enlightenment thinkers correctly matched is John Locke ( natural rights).
<span>Albany Plan. The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader (age 45) and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York.</span>
The largest population of the feudal society is the ( peasents)
