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idiocracy 

used to define:
1) a failing government
2) for a place surrounded by idiots
person 1: oh my god, how has nobody gotten past question 1?
person 2: this class is just an idiocracy, you'll get used to it
idiocracy by ashiixthealien February 6, 2025

idiocracy 

the world as it is today is quite literally an idiocracy

Bauer's Rule of Idiocracy

Of greater danger than nobody knowing what to do is a broadly held presumption that somebody does.

Source: “‘Idiocracy’ is a disturbingly prescient reflection of our current reality, not because nobody knows anything but because everybody thinks somebody does." ~ Jared Bauer
Bauer's Rule of Idiocracy arises in part from characteristics discussed in Erich Fromm’s “Escape From Freedom,” including a desire to defer to a trusted figure to escape the burden of having to puzzle out matters for which one is ill-equipped, the learning curve is steep, or information is at best incomplete.

idiocacy 

Failing in an attempt to make a point by citing references which are obviously irrelevant or contradictory to the argument, or by using incorrect definitions. A portmanteau of "idiocy" and "advocacy".
It's the height of idiocacy to quote from Darwin's "Origin of the Species" in support of Intelligent Design.
idiocacy by Farmer Tim February 28, 2012