{"id":79167,"date":"2024-12-18T06:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=79167"},"modified":"2024-12-18T06:59:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:59:47","slug":"the-imminent-rise-of-the-kakistocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/12\/18\/the-imminent-rise-of-the-kakistocracy\/","title":{"rendered":"The imminent rise of the kakistocracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a headline in the Guardian<\/a> this morning that says:<\/p>\n

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And why not, you might reasonably ask?<\/p>\n

Next to that headline at the time of writing is this one<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The old institutions of power are crumbling.<\/p>\n

I have little doubt that both the monarchy and the Church of England have further to fall as yet.<\/p>\n

So why note this? Three reasons.<\/p>\n

First, as these institutions crumble, a power vacuum is created.<\/p>\n

Second, we know vacuums are unstable.<\/p>\n

Third, new power structures will arise in place of those that are failing as a consequence.<\/p>\n

Are the obvious failings of royalty and bishops just a necessary part of the rise to power of the oligarchy, or kakistocracy<\/a> as The Economist recently described those grabbing power right now?<\/p>\n

Don't rule it out, I suggest. All of this is terribly convenient for those waiting in the wings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a headline in the Guardian this morning that says: And why not, you might reasonably ask? Next to that headline at the time
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