I leave soon for youth camp. Does life get any better: my paid employment includes spending a few days in a peaceful setting with creative young people? I should be packing and getting Tango ready for his stay at Don’s house–the bachelor pad. I reach out to close the laptop and a word bores into my line of vision. Kakistocracy.
I intuitively sense this will be a great Word of the Day. Oh yes!
Kakistocracy:
noun
1. government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
| Quotes
Burt Wheeler arrived in Washington as a Senator in 1923, when the backwash of war and prohibition had brought America about as near to kakistocracy as it has ever come. |
| Origin
Kakistocracy entered English in the early 1800s from the Greek word kákistos meaning “worst,” and -cracy, a combining form meaning “rule” or “government.” |
Does anyone besides me see a parallel with the kak in Washington, today?
Okay, okay, I will go pack.
