Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Garish On-Your-Face In-Your-Face Makeup at Twenty Paces
There are several forms of government:
Monarchy
Kakistocracy
Oligarchy
Autocracy
Democracy
Anarchy
But Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk have given us
A new form of government via online spat
We’re ruled by cheerleader moms who shriek and cuss
So what is the scholarly Greek word for that?
Hey, red-caps, don’t start all-capping “WE’RE A REPUBLIC”; there is no pure democracy and no pure republic, and in common usage they are synonymous. Don’t just chant stuff you hear on the InterGossip. Read an ordinary high school textbook on government (maybe not an Oklahoma adoption, though).
