Kakistocracy, rule by the least-able or least-principled of citizens, is a form of government in which the people least qualified to control the government are the people who control the government.

The origin of this word is Greek, derived from the superlative of the Greek adjective kakos (bad), the superlative form being kakistos (worst). In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun (called the adjectives subject, giving more information about what the noun or pronoun refers to. ...

A modern day example (although fictitious), could include the structure of an office from Dilbert, where the least qualified employees within the office receive the bulk of the promotions and hold the highest and most powerful positions. However, few examples exist since the term is used far more for criticizing a current administration, similar to Trotskyists designation of state socialism as state capitalism. Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... State socialism, broadly speaking, is any variety of socialism which relies on ownership of the means of production by the state. ... There are multiple definitions of the term state capitalism. ...

See also

-archy -cracy The English suffix -archy (from Greek αρχή, rule) denotes leadership and government. ... The English suffix -cracy means a form of government or a state having such government. ...