Little-known forms of government

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[Jul. 8th, 2011|01:05 am]

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Constitutional theocracy: All decisions are made by God, but can be vetoed by the legislature.

Gerontological republic: Everyone votes on who is oldest; all decisions are made by a council of the winners.

Bicameral mobocracy: All decisions are made by mob rule, but must be approved separately by each of two mobs before becoming law.

Hereditary mobocracy: All decisions are made by mob rule. When members of the mob die, their eldest male children form a new mob.

Parliamentary thalassocracy: The sea is elected to Parliament. It makes all decisions.

Provisional meritocracy: All decisions are made by the most competent and deserving, until we get the real system running.

Kratokakistocracy: All decisions are made by Strong Bad.

(well worth reading: Wikipedia's List of forms of government)

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From:

billijean
2011-07-08 10:00 am (UTC)

Feudal Anarchy... I'm pretty sure that's what's going on here in India.

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avanti_90
2011-07-08 10:14 am (UTC)

Actually, I think it might be a hereditary mobocracy.

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billijean
2011-07-09 03:01 pm (UTC)

I think you might be right.

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erratio
2011-07-08 11:14 am (UTC)

Constitutional theocracy sounds like a good description of how most (non-radical) religions work these days.

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eyelessgame
2011-07-08 03:40 pm (UTC)

It is fashionable, from time to time, among those with rose-colored rear-view mirrors, to consider the US a former provisional meritocracy. :)

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xuenay
2011-07-09 08:21 am (UTC)

I chuckled.

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maniakes
2011-07-11 01:49 pm (UTC)

Don't forget Hippocracy, as seen in the Heralds of Valdemar books.

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joshuazelinsky
2012-06-22 01:00 pm (UTC)

There were points in the history of England where it was arguably ruled by Hereditary mobocracy. Overall, this is a very amusing list.

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minion_for_hire
2012-10-01 09:29 am (UTC)

Just been linked back to this. I think most countries which have had a revolution are at least nominally provisional meritocracies for the first while. Then again, many switch to democracies or autocracies of one stripe or another quite quickly.

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selenite
2012-10-01 03:31 pm (UTC)

Argocracy: Rule by the unemployed.

Hoplolithocracy: Rule by whoever pulls the sword out of the stone.

Hoploballocracy: Rule by whoever the watery tart throws the sword to.

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flwyd
2012-10-04 04:44 am (UTC)

Re: Constitutional theocracy, in traditional Chinese religion, when the local gods are doing a lousy job, the community can get together and perform a ceremony to vote them out of office in favor of a better deity.

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