The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kakistocracy
Kakistocracy \Kak`is*toc"ra*cy\ (k[a^]k`[i^]s*t[o^]k"r[.a]*s[y^]), n. [Gr. ka`kistos worst + kratei^n to rule.] Government by the worst men.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kakistocracy
1829, "government by the worst element of a society," coined on analogy of its opposite, aristocracy, from Greek kakistos "worst," superlative of kakos "bad" (which perhaps is related to the general IE word for "defecate;" see caco-) + -cracy.
Wiktionary
kakistocracy
n. government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.
Usage examples of "kakistocracy".
But how to say these thoughts of mine, how to word them without seeming to be betraying those who have come here from their own lands to attempt to form something new and, hopefully, better than the sorry kakistocracy Rome has projected of the most of the last century?