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[[File:Authdem.png]] '''Electocracy''' is a mild form of illiberal democracy. [[File:Repdemgen.png]] Representatives are democratically elected in free and fair elections, but due to a variety of factors, the average person has minimal or no say in daily politics as the government does not share its power. This results in a situation where elected representatives have little accountability, capable of doing whatever they wish outside of election cycles. [[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand under [[File:Thaksin.png]] Thaksin before the 2006 military coup was an electocracy. [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq today is considered an electocracy as well.
[[File:Literocrat.png]] === Literocracy ===
[[File:Literocrat.png]] '''Literocracy''' can act as either a form of liberal non-democracy or as an [[File:Authdem.png]] electocracy (perhaps even as [[File:Technocracy.png]] semi-technocracy), in which the right to vote is restricted on the basis of literacy. How this is determined by the state can range, but literocrats usually argue for literacy tests as a means of determining conditional suffrage. While not antithetical to [[File:Pop.png]] populism or extremism, it may correlate with a reduction in the influence of both within [[File:Repdemgen.png]] representative government. As a result, it may also lend itself to [[File:Elitism.png]] elitism. The most infamous example of literocracy in history is likely the [[File:Dixiecrat.png]] Jim Crow South, where literacy tests were often used as 'educational requirements,' disproportionately excluding [[File:Blacknat.png]] Black Americans from voting due to segregated schooling. This segregation reinforced and exacerbated the subpar quality of schools attended by Black students compared to those attended by White students, affecting overall Black turnout.
===[[File:Totdem.png]] Totalitarian Democracy===
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