Economists blame Greeks on Trump’s election

Most agree that as 2025 approaches, the political prospects of Western democracies look consistent. Britain has at least one government, while France and Germany are in a state of political suspense adjacent to the chaos. In many ways, things around the world, such as stable borders and clear trade agreements, are becoming increasingly confused and confusing. With the rise of populist forms, no longer left or right, but a mix of the two, journalists increasingly want to quote William Butler Yeats’ prophecy: “The center cannot be lifted.” Whether it is the ghost of nuclear war, the persistent and obviously unstoppable genocide in the Middle East, or the obvious instability of democratic countries in developed countries, economist It is believed that there is a responsibility to articulate the terms that we apply to the evolving political reality.

economistThis year’s annual choice choice tells us what its editors think is the biggest challenge facing our civilization. The catastrophic wars in Ukraine and the Middle East were entirely involved in the Atlantic Alliance. This is not even the instability of the global financial order organized around the impeccable situation of the US dollar. It has not raised the temperature that causes climate damage or the towering debt levels that threaten the global financial system. no economistcommitted to the ideal of “freedom rationality”, the real threat worth paying attention to is… Donald Trump.

The “Sentence of the Year” article has the subtitles: “The Greeks know how to talk about politics and power.” Classical references always help to support a person’s case. The article quotes Plato and Aristotle’s “political thinking”, which may be a subtle hint that there have been many in recent years. After seven paragraphs (by various interesting but not always very accurate details about history, philosophy, and language, this article ends up revealing the identity of the mysterious word it chose in three sentences.

“So the word everyone is Google searching is kakistocracy: the worst rule. The first root, Kakos, Find it in English. “kakistocracy” Not found in ancient sources; it seems to be created in English, a deliberate antonym for the nobles, initially as “the best rule.”

Today’s Weekly Devil’s Dictionary definition:

Kakistocracy:

Natural forms will invisibly become the overwhelming force of the private class of anonymous when their political systems are succumbed to the principle of liberal, free-market capitalism, in which, by allowing unhealthy people to vote in elections through the same unacceptable wealthy class, make them invisible, making them votes of them or another person or another agent.

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What is clearly different from the direct contradiction of our devil’s dictionary gloss – economistA more concise definition. Let’s explore the reasons.

Our first objection to the content of this article seems easy, but it means a lot, as it points to something strongly similar to “disinformation.” This article tells us that the Greek root “kakos” means “worst”. In fact, this means “bad, inferior, worthless or poor”. κάκιστος (kakistos)but, graphite And it does mean “overly bad” and in some cases “worst”. This article also misleadingly tells us graphite “Discover” in the English word “with a few other” but a noteworthy example is “cacophony”, which obviously does not mean “worst sound”, but simple bad, inconsistent, incompatible or unpleasant sounds.

But let us give up trivia while trying to be charity and tolerance in this pleasant season. Apart from the dangerous sins that provide inaccurate explanations in Greek, we should admit that the magazine’s “Word of the Year” ceremony was nothing more than an innocent practice of the holiday season. This article is essentially entertainment. This does actually show pretentious attitudes, apart from annoying invocations to Plato and Aristotle.

However, this is another reason: raising controversial political points. economist Obviously, Trump is difficult to digest. When this article tells us that Kekisco rule was a reversal of the nobility, we feel an era of unannounced nostalgic times in which the values ​​of the state reflect the refined culture of its nobility. The power of the wielding caste vanished with the empire, but it was not without regrets. The new ruling class of the free market successfully promoted the culture of the elite to replace the aristocrats. However, the author reminds us that the aristocrats are literally “the best rule” just in case we make ourselves too obsessed with elite officials. still, economistThe readers will undoubtedly sympathize with the concept of domination. This idea almost defines the social status of most magazine readers.

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Kakistocracy’s choice expresses the magazine’s pessimism rather than the state of the world – naturally becoming increasingly Kakistocratic, but about the situation of “essential nations.” Its criticism focuses on the particular manifestation of evil known as Trump. But in doing so, this liberal British publication avoids at least the shock that this shocking sensationism infects the media when introducing Trump in the United States. Rely on irony rather than inflammatory, economist Bravely try to make a learned joke. However, in this particular case, it largely failed to achieve the success of many literary predecessors, from Jouc and Shakespeare to Jonathan Swift, Lawrence Stern, Lewis Carroll, Monty Payson, and others.

Here is an example: “Kakistocracy has the fragile sound of broken glass. Is this a good thing or a bad thing depends on whether you think the glass is coming.” The comprehensive metaphor of broken glass is fascinating. But there is nowhere to go for a clever attempt. The reason for failure is that there is no reasonable assumption situation, and readers may think that glass is “coming soon.” For almost everyone, including the Greeks, the broken glass is “kakos”.

Worse, it’s an interesting attempt to compare: “He (Trump) last launched more officials on Air Force One than most presidents.” Is there any possibility that the comparison between the fired official and the Air Force One’s trip is justified? Talk about apples and oranges!

History

economist To avoid shock, keep the upper lip stiff and confidently roll up crises and disappointments, the journal will sometimes prefer defense against crises and disappointments. Since 1843, it has promoted the central theme of the worldview of the time leave Today, as economic liberalism, it includes its mean neoliberalism.

Over the past century, especially throughout the “unipolar moment”, the United States has absorbed the “political thinking” (ideology) of Plato and Aristotle of our time – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – an economic utopia characterized by democracy and a “rule-based international order” and we have been living economically. The enforcement rules include maintaining the belief that the actions taken by the government in our democratic countries are in the name of the people and agreed.

The 2016 double tsunami – Britain’s first Brexit, followed by Trump’s election in the United States – began to develop some doubts about the future of democracy. Voters are easily convinced to make bad decisions. In this way, they broke the power of the rules set by wise leaders elected in the past (particularly Reagan and Thatcher). Their wisdom was suddenly questioned.

Kakistocracy’s door is now open. In the second Trump election, he even won a referendum to make it formal. for economist, kakistosthe worst is not yet here…it will be installed on January 20, 2025.

* (In the time of Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain, journalist Ambrose Bierce produced a series of ironic definitions, ironic definitions of common terms, illuminating their hidden meanings in real discourse. Bierce eventually collected and published it as a book and used it as a book, and he mastered his depliment in 1911, and in the continuous effort, his title was ongoing, his title was shame, and his title was ongoing effort. Fair Observer Devil Dictionary)

((Lee Thompson-Kolar Edited this. )

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