The Last Kakistocrat
Sinister didn't like being in charge. People in charge tended to get lynched by the hoi polloi, the unwashed masses.
He hated the common folk. Yet, in a way, he depended on them. Who would wash his clothes and farm his fields and make wine for his pleasures?
These tasks were beneath him, but they were perfect for the simple mind.
Yet, there was a serious problem.
The system of government had settled on a peculiar situation that seemed to work just fine: the kakistocracy, and the aristocracy. The latter was simple, just as before, the best bloodlines of the wealthiest and most important families ruled the day-to-day of the factories and the information systems.
And the kakistocrats, well...
They were in charge.
But being in charge was not the best job in the wor
