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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 11 Oct 2017

    There's a word for the sort of governance being practiced in Washington, writes @NormOrnstein—"Kakistocracy"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/american-kakistocracy/542391/#Correction1?utm_source=twb …

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      1. MadRobin‏ @MadelineRobin3 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        @stirlingthinks has been saying this for months!

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      1. Atanu Dey‏ @atanudey 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        I see your American kakistocracy & raise you this - my 2008 piece "Of Kakistocracies, Principals and Agents"http://bit.ly/2hCsqPF 

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      1.  🌈Shawn Smith 🇺🇸‏ @metapede 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        The trouble is not the kakistocracy itself so much as the fact that a lot of people think it's terrific. It's psychologically exhausting.

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      1. No Way‏ @gamerdave69 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        I can't be the first I'm sure, but I believe in this case it's a kekistocracy.

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      1. Diannn‏ @bliss501 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        Kakistocracy — akin to Orange-Jumpsuit-ocracy?

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      1. D A V E !‏ @davelimited 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        And the UK we have a #Muppetocracy

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      2. The Yard Guys LLC‏ @TheYardGuysLLC 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        WRONG! It's an oligarchy of the wealthiest. Gore Vidal, Bill Moyers, et. al. have said this since the 70s. Middle class jobs outsourced to >

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      3. The Yard Guys LLC‏ @TheYardGuysLLC 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @TheYardGuysLLC @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        > commie China and 3rd world India. Technologies invented and patented in United States are mass produced in commie China. The oligarchy has

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      1. Tom Brown‏ @browntom1234 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        I coined a new term: Kleptokakistocracy

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      1. anacyclosis.org‏ @anacyclosis_org 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        Think bigger. Think #demagarchy.

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      1. Waldemar Puszkarz‏ @psi_bar 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        The work of Andrzej Łobaczewski may be relevant here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_ponerology … andhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B009EGBZ64/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 …

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      1. Sunny Nash‏ @sunnynash 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @ghoshworld @NormOrnstein

        Three instructive words to reveal governance: Follow the money.

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      2. Marina‏ @MarinaParma 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        We have to update the Polibio's anacyclosis!

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      3. anacyclosis.org‏ @anacyclosis_org 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MarinaParma @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        Did it already

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      1. barry goldman‏ @barrygoldman1 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        democracy: rule by majority. Sturgeon's law: 90% of EVERYTHING is crud. so it goes

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      1. TeriM‏ @teresanurse1 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        We are all liable for this mess. We need to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our Country and Not let Democracy DIE

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      1. Rogue McRoguerson‏ @oz_renick 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NormOrnstein

        Barratry

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