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Post by tombowings on Nov 10, 2020 12:05:56 GMT -6
Athanatocracy -- rule by the undead (I know, I know, there's no Greek word for 'undead'. Just roll with it!) I like it. Only people without a personal stake in the outcome of the decision-making process can vote. Pure objectivity! |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Nov 10, 2020 16:27:31 GMT -6
Athanatocracy -- rule by the undead (I know, I know, there's no Greek word for 'undead'. Just roll with it!) I like it. Only people without a personal stake in the outcome of the decision-making process can vote. Pure objectivity! A society in a remote, desolate, gloomy place ruled by (at least one) Lich is not at all far-fetched for a D&D campaign. Or maybe it's a council of zombies. Or a clandestine vampire mafia/illuminati that pulls all the strings in a de-mock-racy. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2020 1:20:09 GMT -6
Gentlemen, who will adapt "Les Mis", as a "4th Age Middle Earth" campaign set in Minas Tirith, for me? Yeah, that's right: f**k off, Eldarion! #gondorneedsnoking #aragornmurderedboromir  Seriously, once you picture Gavroche as a Hobbit, thing will get difficult to unsee. |
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Post by tdenmark on Jul 24, 2021 7:42:20 GMT -6
By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth I cast: Resurrect Thread!
So I was reading an interview with the author of Hillbilly Elegy, apparently he is running for congress. He mentioned that only those with children should be allowed to vote because they have a real stake in the future. This isn't about the merits of that idea, but it did make me wonder what you'd call a political system only parents are allowed to participate in. Parentocracy? What would the greek translation be? Mitrikracy?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2021 10:32:19 GMT -6
I remember the movie Idiocracy had a similar premise, but not exact. In that story, the dumb people outbred everyone else over multiple generations. Some say it was an accidental documentary.
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Post by cadriel on Jul 24, 2021 10:53:52 GMT -6
By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth I cast: Resurrect Thread! So I was reading an interview with the author of Hillbilly Elegy, apparently he is running for congress. He mentioned that only those with children should be allowed to vote because they have a real stake in the future. This isn't about the merits of that idea, but it did make me wonder what you'd call a political system only parents are allowed to participate in. Parentocracy? What would the greek translation be? Mitrikracy? The words that mean "parent" in Greek include γονεύς (goneus) and γεννήτωρ (gennetor). So you could have goneocracy or gennetocracy - I think the latter would make more sense to the ear of English speakers who know the term "progenitor" or the term "genetics". Both have meanings involving "birth" in a physical sense; γεννήτωρ is from the same root as γεννηθέντα in the Nicene Creed, which is typically translated as "begotten." γονεύς is the same root we get the word "gonads" from. |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Jul 25, 2021 18:01:09 GMT -6
Elurocracy: rule by cats.
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Post by tkdco2 on Jul 25, 2021 21:17:18 GMT -6
Elurocracy: rule by cats. Do you mean Meownarchy? Sorry, I'll go away now. |
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jul 25, 2021 21:28:16 GMT -6
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Post by tdenmark on Aug 17, 2021 19:48:30 GMT -6
Paidocracy. Rule by children. (I was going to say Teknocracy, but that's too similar to Technocracy) Gerontocracy. Rule by the senile. Kallitéchnocracy. Rule by artists. Yes, my Greek is terrible, I'm using Google translate.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2021 8:24:06 GMT -6
Gerontocracy. Rule by the senile. So like Congress? Best paid nursing home on Earth.  |
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Post by jeffb on Aug 18, 2021 9:29:41 GMT -6
Gerontocracy. Rule by the senile. So like Congress? Best paid nursing home on Earth.  |
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Post by tdenmark on Aug 18, 2021 18:38:28 GMT -6
Gerontocracy. Rule by the senile. So like Congress? Best paid nursing home on Earth. I wasn't trying to make a comment on modern politics*. We don't talk real world politics here. *I kinda sorta was, jokingly. |
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Post by tkdco2 on Aug 18, 2021 22:12:49 GMT -6
So like Congress? Best paid nursing home on Earth. I wasn't trying to make a comment on modern politics*. We don't talk real world politics here. *I kinda sorta was, jokingly.Seconded. Those discussions usually go downhill quickly. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2021 3:40:58 GMT -6
So like Congress? Best paid nursing home on Earth. I wasn't trying to make a comment on modern politics*. We don't talk real world politics here. *I kinda sorta was, jokingly.Nor was I, as surely pointing out that humans in their nineties often undergo senescence is not a political stance, nor could honestly be construed as one. Right? |
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Seriously, once you picture Gavroche as a Hobbit, thing will get difficult to unsee. 
