idiocracy

English

idiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocracies)

government based on theory

idiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocracies)

(humorous) A government run by idiots.
- 2010, Jacob Weisberg, “Down With the People,” Slate, 6 February, 2010,
  In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, the blustering idiocracy of the cable-news stations, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for any important legislation.

government by idiots

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