The word ‘idiocrat’ is an important one to describe much of the ‘idiocracy’ that we see in the world today.  The root words are, of course, ‘idiot’ and ‘bureaucrat’.

I have been using this word ever since I realised that the popular negative idea of a bureaucratic person is one who stalls or delays due process, and when the work flow is not good enough to explain some nonsensical procedures in the Malaysian public services. Let me give some examples.