Paul Krugman Blog-Waah Waah, Waah Waah (Kvetchigarchy)

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Whatever happened to the strong, silent types?

The substance of current politics aside, what’s truly striking is the prevalence of cries of victimization. And it’s not lily-livered liberals who do the whining — they’re actually relatively stoic. No, it’s the supposed defenders of individualism and the American way. The wife of Rick Perry — who, given his performance recently, has obviously led an incredibly charmed and sheltered political life until now — believes that he’s being persecuted for his faith. Wall Street billionaires complain that the president has been looking at them funny, or whine that protestors don’t understand how much taxes they pay. Right-wing operatives with incredibly good lives compared with most Americans complain about having to work hard.

What’s the Greek for “rule by spoiled brats”?

Oh, and the title of this post comes from Feist, or actually Mountain Man, her backup singers.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/waah-waah-waah-waah/

Follow-up

Kvetchigarchy
Commenter KI wins the thread on my question about what to call rule by spoiled brats. It’s true that I asked for Greek, but Yiddish will do.

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1. kakostocracy kako=bad, inept, etc

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2. A country run by Putzigarchs?

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