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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Timely Definition, Part II


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Fascism (from Merriam Webster)

: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control


Saturday, December 23, 2017

What Donald Trump and the Republican Party Represent and Offer the US and Its Citizens Presently



Oligarchy is rule by the few.

Plutocracy is rule by the wealthy.

Corporatocracy is rule by corporations, by business.

Kakistocracy is by the least qualified or most unprincipled.



We've got all that, presently in Washington, DC, at least, if not also in too many state houses.

Literally.




Another definition of kakistocracy is rule by the worst element of society, government by the worst people.

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