Sujet : Re: idiots walk among us
De : g (at) *nospam* crcomp.net (Don)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.fandom rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 11. Apr 2025, 03:28:28
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Kevrob wrote:
Don wrote:
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It's a septical spectacle (so to speak) to witness the Anglosphere
desperately cling to its glorious past. Last week theatrocratical [1]
Trump took the cake with Zelensky, no? What would Plato say?
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Note.
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[1] Think theatrocracy not theocracy.
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You are using an idiosyncratic definition.
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" government by the people assembled in their theater (as in the
Athenian democracy) "
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theatrocracy
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Not very Trumpian. Dramatocracy might do.
You're absolutely correct, of course. To paraphrase Rummy, "you go to
ideation with the words you have." Neo-theatrocracy is another
candidate.
Danke,
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