Monday, July 4, 2016

A new word for a form of rule

We went to dinner with some good friends last night, and in the course of the evening’s discussions I discovered that he had recently invented a new word that the world now needs.

In describing forms of rule we  have “democracy”, “aristocracy”, “meritocracy”, “monarchy”, “oligarchy”, and “theocracy”, among others.

If Hillary wins we might have “kleptocracy”.

What my friend adds is a new word to use if Trump wins: “egocracy”, rule by an ego.