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The Pareto principle can be seen in the polcompball community, with [https://www.reddit.com/user/Caltrop_/comments/ieh96t/rpolcompball_flair_data_20aug2020/ 20% of users receiving 90% of upvotes](though this data may be out of date now). The wiki is also an example of a formal oligarchy, being moderated by a council, not a single dictator.
Another example of statistical likelihood of Oligarchical systems to emerge, even if only situationally, is Robert Michel's Iron Law of Oligarchy, which is a rule stating that fundamentally all large organisations are oligarchical in nature and any attempt at getting rid of such a structure fundamentally (such as done in Socialist Parties and Trade Unions) only ends up re-enforcing it.
Other justifications for oligarchy include believing that no one man should have all the power or wanting representation of several groups at once.
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