Governmental rule by the worst, the most despicable people.
Sometimes spelled "kakocracy", but meaning the same.
Given the decline of statesmanship in the U.S. government, and the corruption among the ruling classes, one could welldefine our rule as formerly a republic, but now a cacocracy.
A political ideology where there are more than one communist parties in a single state, and the people elect which dictator they want for a period of time. Origin: a portmanteau of communism and democracy.
A: I really like the Worker's Party Number 47.
B: Yeah, but I'm not going to elect them because the rate of pay they're offering is only $9.76 an hour. Worker's Party Number 12 are offering $11.22 an hour and only minimal cover-ups and media censorship.
A: Ah, this is comocracy in action!