Oligarchy is the government of oligarchs, kleptokracy the
government of thieves. We get these words from the ancient Greeks, who knew how
to classify political systems. It's nice to be reminded of a less used but totally
apropos Greek word — kakistocracy, meaning rule by the worst possible people.
Starting with Trump himself and moving on down the line —
from Bannon (alt-right) to Giuliani (alt-war) to Carson (alt-duh-where am I
& how did I get here?) to Michael Flynn (alt-kill_all_Muslims) — this
administration is shaping up as a kakistocracy for the record books.
I hope we survive the rule of the retrograde, misguided, just
plain ignorant, and just plain evil.
http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/25/1602547/-Trump-s-presidency-is-shaping-up-to-be-a-kakistocracy-government-by-the-worst-possible-people?detail=email&link_id=9&can_id=e01820995aa6d6751c3e181c1d2c014f&source=email-heres-trump-lobbying-to-be-impeached&email_referrer=heres-trump-lobbying-to-be-impeached&email_subject=heres-trump-lobbying-to-be-impeached
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