Four words for our American moment:
Autocracy
Kleptocracy
Oligarchy
Kakistocracy
The last, kakistocracy, may be the least familiar— although a family member told me about seeing it on a bumper sticker. It means government by the least suitable and/or least competent members of a state.
To be fair, the Trump presidency and its enablers have their competencies. A partial list:
Sniggering
Bragging
Lying
Pillaging
Threatening
Looking slick on the media
Rolling in dough
Delighting in power and cowering before the Big Guy
Stiffing laws and the Constitution
I invite others to extend this list, with slang that might be more up-to-date.
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