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[–] toad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

yea we all know america is a pedocracy.

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

pedocracy

Ruled by a child? Yeah, that fits.

[–] toad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No that's an infentocract. A pedocracy is ruled by pedos

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

Mixing Latin and Greek roots? You sociopath^1^.

Yes, pedocracies are ruled by pedos; the Greek word for 'child'. See also Pedagogy (teaching children), pediatrics (medicine for children), and pedophily (sexual attraction to children).

A society ruled by pedophiles would be a pedophilocracy. From the Greek words 'pedos' (child), 'philia' (lust), and 'cratos' (rule). Like aristocracy (rule by the best), democracy (rule by the people), or autocracy (rule by oneself).


^1^: from Latin 'socius' (comrade) and Greek 'pathos' (caring).