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{{Quote|quote="What a pity that I am not an honest man!"|speaker= [[File:Illeg.png]] [[Illegalism|Arsène Lupin]] }}
'''Kleptocracy''' literally meaning '''Rule of Thieves''' is a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern, typically by embezzling or misappropriating government funds at the expense of the wider population. One feature of political-based socioeconomic thievery is that there is often no public announcement explaining or apologizing for misappropriations, nor any legal charges or punishment levied against the offenders.
'''Kleptocracy''' literally meaning '''Rule of Thieves''' is an [[File:Sec.png]] [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] and economically [[File:Authunity.png]] [[:Category:Authoritarian_Unity|variable]] ideology used to describe a form of government in which power is held primarily by criminals, corrupt officials, self-interested oligarchs and other such groups. Kleptocracy is often found in countries that collapsed after being [[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] One-Party States and transitioned rather unsuccessfully, an infamous case of this is [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia.▼
Kleptocracy is different from plutocracy (rule by the richest) and oligarchy (rule by a small elite). In a kleptocracy, corrupt politicians enrich themselves secretly outside the rule of law, through kickbacks, bribes, and special favors from lobbyists and corporations, or they simply direct state funds to themselves and their associates. Also, kleptocrats often export much of their profits to foreign nations in anticipation of losing power.
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[[File:Dem.png]] Liberal democracies can also suffer from this they might develop shadow kleptocracies that influence the government through legal means such as lobbying or illegal means such as bribery in order to gain favors from government officials. This phenomenon is called corruption.In general, kleptocracy is not a real system but is used as a pejorative label for governments accused of corruption and to denote organized crime as a phenomenon.
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