The Daily Reid: Our Little Kakistocracy

We are being run by idiots, mediocrities, and bad-minded fools with group chats

The word “Kakistocracy” literally means “a government by the worst or most venal people.” Basically, government by idiots, or “Idiocracy.” I also like the term “Mediocracy,” to describe a government in which mediocre people are deliberately elevated to positions of power, both because they won’t be smart enough to rebel and will go along with whatever t…