Let’s learn some new words!

Which best describes America?

Democracy--government by the people. A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodically held free elections.

Fascism--a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation, and often race, above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.

Corporatocracy--regime of, by, and for a coalition of government, banks, and corporations.

Oligarchy--government in which a small group exercises control, especially for corrupt and selfish purposes.

Theocracy--government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.

Monarchy--government having a hereditary chief-of-state with life tenure and powers varying from nominal to absolute.

Plutocracy--government by the wealthy.