Why Ridiculocracy?
If you’re reading this, you’re not crazy. Things are going off the rails. Pundits can debate whether this is America’s golden age or if we’re slipping into autocracy, but one thing is clear: we live in a Ridiculocracy. Because, really, you can’t make this shit up. Except, we’re going to try.
A “ridiculocracy,” as most political scientists define it, is “a polity that has slipped into the absurd, unmoored from its founding values and common sense.” Political factions care more about demonizing and “winning” against their rivals than besting foreign adversaries. They would rather cling to political power than transfer it peacefully. They are more loyal to their faction’s leader and ideology than to the country, rule of law, or welfare and wants of its people. In a ridiculocracy, truth is what the leader or party says it is, even against all evidence. It is a political system and class that lacks integrity and is often corrupt.
Ridiculocracy is a satirical newsletter that seeks to provide comic relief from the absurdity of American politics. It is founded on the premise that to avoid slipping into autocracy and restore faith in American democracy and government (I’m looking at you too, Democrats), we need to lower the political temperature and laugh at the farcical depths we’ve fallen into. Then we can return to building the more perfect union that our Constitution envisions, together.
First One’s Free
Ridiculocracy won’t charge until October 1, after which the Dear Leader (Ridiculocracy’s editor-in-chief) has decreed that we must start paid subscriptions for some content and features. Some of us still worry that subsidies and handouts to those who can afford it will cause our debt to spiral out of control!
In the meantime, sign up here if you’d like to pledge a subscription! It will be $5/month or $50/year for full access. Founding members will receive the Dear Leader’s undying gratitude and an autopened note hoping that every day brings you another wonderful secret.
If you enjoy the experience, please share Ridiculocracy with the friends, family, colleagues, and disillusioned QAnon supporters in your life. They need something new and crazy to believe in other than the Epstein Files cover up and stolen 2020 and 2024 elections (Oh wait, Trump won in 2024…).
