This masterful satiric term comes from Scott Weisman. Other readers suggest that both technocracy and academarchy are subsets of expertocracy. I like expertocracy because it specifically names the so-called experts (unlike technocracy). Pair that with wonkocracy and we have something. These are the people who influence policy-makers behind the scenes and who also convey the policy propaganda to the media. The media reinforce it with editorials but mostly work on the assembly line that conveys the propaganda to the public.

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