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aretecracy

A political concept that promotes the professionalization of politics by requiring candidates for public office to meet ethical, civic, or professional qualifications before running in open elections.

In an aretecratic system, prior qualification comes first and democratic elections come second. The qualification process may be supervised by independent bodies or decentralized institutions, such as accredited universities or professional organizations, through exams, interviews, or evaluation criteria.
Under aretecracy, candidates are vetted for competence and integrity before voters choose among them.
by Resvrgam January 1, 2026
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Aretocracy

From greek αρετοκρατίας, ἀρετή ("perfect adaptation, excellence, virtue") + κράτος ("rule").

It is a form of government based on the virtue of leaders and their people. It is based on honor, fidelity, loyalty, courage, temperance, prudence, dignity, mercy, spirituality, morality, truth, discipline, hierarchy, authority, severity and respectability. It completely despises democracy and bourgeois liberal values (progressism and liberalism), popular massification (populism), demagoguery, the secular state, modernity, scientistic atheism, extreme rationality, materialism, expansionist capitalism and imperialism. He is a staunch enemy of socialist statism, fascist totalitarianism and liberal atomization.
"Aretocracy is government of virtue and freedom in authority, responsibility and respect."
by tradical May 27, 2023
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artocracy

It is defined as the ruling system when people are governed by the deliberate shortage of food, especially bread to manipulate their social behavior.
In Central Africa, many civilians were manipulated by the shortage of food and they were humiliated by artocracy of Jean - Bedel Bokassa who claimed himself as an emperor.
by Mohamed123 March 16, 2024
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