Thursday, January 15, 2009

A Means of Fighting Back

Anytime you see these...


Hang one of these...


Systems of Government

Rule by.........................is called
all equally.....................pantisocracy
armed forces................militocracy
bishops..........................exarchy
civil servants................bureaucracy
clerics............................ecclesiarchy
elderly...........................gerontocracy
eldest male...................patriarchy
judges............................kritarchy
men................................androcracy
nobility..........................aristocracy
one individual...............autocracy
the people.....................democracy
the poor........................ptochocracy
pope..............................paparchy
propertied class.........timocracy
religious law................theocracy
saints............................hagiarchy
slaves...........................doulocracy
a small cabal...............oligarchy
technical experts.......technocracy
wealthy.......................plutocracy
women........................gynarchy
the worst possible.....kakistocracy
Last and certainly not least is a republic, a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives.
I however fear that America has started to stray from a true republic. On paper and in theory sure we are a republic, but look over the list above and see what other types you start to see slowly creeping in and gaining control.

Quote for the Day

"Never underestimate the ability of unelected bureaucrats to overturn the expressed will of the people if it threatens their power." – Linda Chavez
 
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