Finally a description of the government that others elected

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We have many words to describe the government that has been sort of elected but this article comes up with the best, a kakistocracy.
Ever since Donald Trump launched his campaign last year we have searched for the right word to define the sort of government he would lead. Would it be populist or fascist? Would he be a demagogue or a dictator? Would he be the first reality TV president? Would his new administration be an oligarchy, a plutocracy, or a kleptocracy?

Now that he has been elected and he and his minions are busily filling slots in the cabinet and government, we now have an answer to what form of government he will lead. And the answer is all of the above.

Luckily we have one word that sums it all up: a kakistocracy, which literally means government by the worst element of a society. A kakistocracy is a government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. Trump plans to bring us the worst of both.

The word’s first known appearance was in 1829 in “The Misfortunes of Elphin,” written by the English satirical writer Thomas Love Peacock. In the United States the word is first recorded from American poet James Russell Lowell, who wrote in a letter in 1876: “Is ours a government of the people, by the people, for the people, or a kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools?”

Lowell nails our current situation just right. We are indeed on the verge of a government for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools. While there are rumblings that the Electoral College might shift course and find an alternative to a Trump administration, the chances of that outcome seem relatively low.
http://www.alternet.org/culture/degener ... ald-trumps
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This is why Leary urged folks to "turn on, tune in, and drop out," as it was a kakistocracy then, with the war in Vietnam.

And this is when we remember War Games, where the only way to win is not to play.

Not a fun choice for up and coming workers, nor for old farts upon whose deductions they depend.

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