cantrecallmypwd 10 hours ago

Less pleasant -cracy words to recognize illiberal devolution trends across the world:

- Anocracy - illiberal, pretend democracy.

- Chirocracy - rule by force.

- Kakistocracy - rule by the most unqualified and/or unethical individuals.

- Kleptocracy - rule for profit.

- Kratocracy - power seized and/or maintained through force and/or guile.

- Mortocracy - rule based on death and destruction.

- Ochlocracy - rule by a mob, i.e., the Reign of Terror.

- Phobocracy - rule by fear.

- Plutocracy - rule by economic aristocracy, a loose subset of oligarchy (rule by an unelected few).

- Quangocracy - rule by unelected bureaucrats.