Oligarchies emerge because

A. people in leadership roles have skills, knowledge, or charismatic appeal.
B. the most capable people always rise to the top of a bureaucracy, and they are respected by their followers, who permit them to rule unhindered.
C. the rank and file of a movement or organization look to leaders for direction and thereby reinforce the process of rule by a few.
D. people in leadership roles have skills, knowledge, or charismatic appeal; and the rank and file of a movement or organization look to leaders for direction and thereby reinforce the process of rule by a few.


D. people in leadership roles have skills, knowledge, or charismatic appeal; and the rank and file of a movement or organization look to leaders for direction and thereby reinforce the process of rule by a few.

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