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#59439 03/03/02 03:47 PM
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A recent editorial calls the government of Zimbabwe a thugocracy -- somewhat different from the kleptocracy we called it in a recent thread.

Have others seen the former term? Comments on its meaning, and on the distinction between the terms?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0203020185mar02.story: The Europeans also froze the foreign assets of the president and the leaders of his thugocracy.
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#59440 03/03/02 04:14 PM
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Kleptocrats are capable of subtle thievish tactics. Thugocrats just smash and grab. I have seen thuocrat used before.



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