We’re no longer a democracy. Are we now a kakistocracy?

By FRANCISCO S. TATAD

Dec 21, 2016 12:56 am

FRANCISCO S. TATAD

I did not get the word from Plato or Aristotle, the fourth century BC Greek philosophers, who first wrote about democracy. I got it from a friend this Christmas, who thought the word best describes the Philippine government under the past president B. S. Aquino 3rd and President Rodrigo Duterte. The word is kakistocracy.

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