Re: CHAT: Support/Oppression of Conlanging

Pablo Flores wrote:
>Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> writes:
>
> > Anyways, I invented the word _cacocracy_ "bad government"
>
>I think it sums up, in a general swoop, all the things you can say
>about such a government, doesn't it?
>
>A rock band here in Argentina, _Divididos_, used the word
>_cleptocracia_ (kleptocracy) in one song. Very interesting
>too (it referred to our own governments, of course -- past
>and present). Also used around here: _dedocracia_ (fingercracy)
>-- i. e. when one or some influential people just pick up those
>they know and give them positions in their administration.
I don't know about English, but in Swedish _kleptokrati_ is sometimes used
of third-world governments that mainly serve to enrich the rulers. Mobutu's
reign would be a good example.

                                                 Andreas

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