Arguably Kakistocracy, where the inheritors of the elites are all fuck-ups and promote people less competent than they are to expand their zone of control.
At this point, it's fencepost turtles all the way up. (You see someone elevated somewhere way above their ability, and damn well know they didn't get there on their own-- they were placed there)
midwits and.or the third generation inheritors of the mantle the elites handed down.
I'm not saying aristocracy was better, bad kings happened, but the culture was at least one that aspired to greatness, rather than low equity.
What we have is aristocracy in all but name, and it ends the same way: Inbreeding and retardation.
Arguably Kakistocracy, where the inheritors of the elites are all fuck-ups and promote people less competent than they are to expand their zone of control.
At this point, it's fencepost turtles all the way up. (You see someone elevated somewhere way above their ability, and damn well know they didn't get there on their own-- they were placed there)