Editing Gerontocracy

{{Ideology
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|title=[[File:Gero.png]] '''Gerontocracy'''
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|caption = "Kids these days..." 
|aliases=[[File:Geroauth.png]] Rule of the Elderly<br>
[[File:GeroDict.png]] Grandpa Dictatorship<br>
[[File:Gero.png]] Old Man<br>
[[File:NeoKGB.png]] The Kremlin Elders<ref>"Кремлёвские Старцы". Refers to both the Soviet government in the Brezhnev era and the Putinist government, both of which are largely comprised of old and corrupt oligarchs, nomenclatura, and chekists, and rule in authoritarian, kleptocratic, repressive, and regressive ways, dragging the country backwards and stifling the younger generation.</ref> (Pejoratively, in [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russian-speaking countries)<br>
{{Alias|Zoomer.png|Kakistocracy|Boomerocracy}}<br>
<s>Rule of the Demented</s><br>
<s>Jake Paul's next opponent</s><br>[[File:Cball-US.png]] <s>Literally the US</s><br>
|alignments= [[File:Nonquadrant.png]] [[:Category:Non-Quadrant|{{Color|#FFFFFF|'''Non-Quadrant'''}}]]<br> {{Info|Culturally Right}} (Frequently)<br>
|likes=[[File:Boiledsweet.png]] Boiled Sweets<br>
Crossword puzzles<br>
Watching TV<br>
Rocking chairs<br>
[[File:Welf.png]] [[Welfarism|Social Security]]<br>
|dislikes = Being called a boomer<br>
[[Progressivism|Millennials]]<br>
[[File:Zoomer.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Gener]][[Alt-Lite|ation Z]]<br>
[[File:Kak.png]] [[Kakistocracy|Gen Alpha]]<br>
[[File:Female-template.png]] <s>[[Conservative Feminism| His wife]]</s>
|theorists=
*[[File:Cball-EU.png]] '''Europe''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy|Most Popes]]
**[[File:Tribal.png]] [[Tribalism|Lembitu]] (?-1217) [[File:Cball-Estonia.png]] {{PBW|Estoniaball|Ancient Estonia}}
**[[File:DanyloApostol.png]] [[Stratocracy|Danylo Apostol]] (1654-1734) [[File:Cball-Hetman.png]] Cossack Hetmanate
**[[File:Abmon.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Louis XIV]] (1638 - 1715) [[File:Cball-FranceKingdom.png]] {{PBW|Franceball|France}}
**[[File:Gladstone.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|William Ewart Gladstone]] (1809-1898) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
**[[File:Conmon.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Franz Joseph I]] (1830-1916) [[File:Cball-AustriaHungary.png]] {{PBW|Austria-Hungaryball|Austria-Hungary}}
**[[File:Hindenburg.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy|Paul von Hindenburg]] (1847-1934) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] {{PBW|Germanyball|Germany}}
**[[File:Masaryk.png]] [[National Liberalism|Tomáš Masaryk]] (1850-1937) [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] Czechoslovakia
**[[File:PhilippePétain.png]] [[French Fascism|Philippe Pétain]] (1856-1951) [[File:Cball-France.png]] {{PBW|Franceball|France}}
**[[File:Church.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Winston Churchill]] (1874-1965) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
**[[File:JosephStalin.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Joseph Stalin]] (1878-1953) [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] USSR
**[[File:ÉamonValera.png]] [[Christian Democracy|Éamon de Valera]] (1882-1975) [[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] {{PBW|Irelandball|Ireland}}
**[[File:Salazar.png]] [[Salazarism|António de Oliveira Salazar]] (1889-1970) [[File:Cball-Portugal.png]] {{PBW|Portugalball|Portugal}}
**[[File:Franco-alt.png]] [[Francoism|Francisco Franco]] (1892-1975) [[File:Cball-Spain.png]] {{PBW|Spainball|Spain}}
**[[File:JosipBrozTito.png]] [[Titoism|Josip Broz Tito]] (1892-1980) [[File:Cball-Yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia 
**[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Leonid Brezhnev]] (1906-1982) [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Soviet Union
**[[File:TodorZhivkov.png]] [[National Communism|Todor Zhivkov]] (1911-1998) [[File:Cball-PRBulgaria.png]] {{PBW|PR Bulgaria|Bulgaria}}
**[[File:OttoVonHabsburg.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Otto Von Habsburg]] (1912-2011) [[File:Cball-AustriaHungary.png]] {{PBW|Austria-Hungaryball|Austria-Hungary}}
**[[File:NicolaeCeaușescu.png]] [[National Communism|Nicolae Ceaușescu]] (1918-1989) [[File:Cball-SRRomania.png]] {{PBW|Romaniaball|Romania}}
**[[File:ElizabethII.png]] [[Ceremonial Monarchism|Elizabeth II]] (1926-2022) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
**[[File:JordiPujol.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Jordi Pujol i Soley]] (1930-) [[File:Cball-Spain.png]] {{PBW|Spainball|Spain}}
**[[File:Berlusconi.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism|Silvio]] [[Kleptocracy|Berlusconi]] (1936-2023) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] {{PBW|Italyball|Italy}}
**[[File:Schwab.png]] [[State Liberalism|Klaus Schwab]] (1938-) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] {{PBW|Germanyball|Germany}}
**[[File:ProgressiveChristianity.png]] [[Christian Democracy|Sergio Mattarella]] (1941-) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] {{PBW|Italyball|Italy}}
**[[File:Higgins.png]] [[Social Democracy|Michael D. Higgins]] (1941-) [[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] {{PBW|Irelandball|Ireland}}
**[[File:Glib.png]] [[Green Liberalism|Alexander Van der Bellen]] (1944-) [[File:Cball-Austria.png]] {{PBW|Austriaball|Austria}}
**[[File:Zeman.png]] [[Welfare Chauvinism|Miloš Zeman]] (1944-) [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] {{PBW|Czechiaball|Czechia}}
**[[File:Borrell.png]] [[Third Way|Josep Borrell]] (1947-) [[File:Cball-Spain.png]] {{PBW|Spainball|Spain}}
**[[File:Kaczysmf.png]] [[Paternalistic Conservatism|Jarosław Kaczyński]] (1949-) [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] {{PBW|Polandball|Poland}}
**[[File:Putin.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Vladimir Putin]] (1952-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] {{PBW|Russiaball|Russia}}
}}
*[[File:PanAmer.png]] '''Americas''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Thurmond.png]] [[White Nationalism|Strom Thurmond]] (1902-2003) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:Goldwaterian.png]] [[Neo-Libertarianism|Barry Goldwater]] (1909-1998) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:Reagan.png]] [[Neoconservatism|Ronald Reagan]] (1911-2004) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:Pinochet-hat.png]] [[Pinochetism|Augusto Pinochet]] (1915-2006) [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] {{PBW|Chileball|Chile}}
**[[File:HenryKissinger.png]] [[Neoconservatism|Henry Kissinger]] (1923-2023) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany/[[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:FidelCastro.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Fidel Castro]] (1926-2016) [[File:Castro.png]] {{PBW|Cubaball|Cuba}}
**[[File:Chomsky.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|Noam Chomsky]] (1928-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}} 
**[[File:Sarney.png]] [[Regulationism|José Sarney]] (1930-) [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] {{PBW|Brazilball|Brazil}}
**[[File:RaulCastro.png]] [[Market Socialism|Raúl Castro]] (1931-) [[File:Castro.png]] {{PBW|Cubaball|Cuba}}
**[[File:Febres-Cordero.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|León Febres-Cordero]] (1931-2013) [[File:Cball-Ecuador.png]] {{PBW|Ecuadorball|Ecuador}}
**[[File:Rpop-tinfoilhat.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|Chuck Grassley]] (1933-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:Pelosi.png]] [[Third Way|Nancy Pelosi]] (1940-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:Sanders.png]] [[Social Democracy|Bernie Sanders]] (1941-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:McConnell.png]] [[Neoconservatism|Mitch McConnell]] (1942-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:Bidenism.png]] [[Big Tent Liberalism|Joe Biden]] (1942-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:Lula.png]] [[Social Democracy|Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] (1945-) [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] {{PBW|Brazilball|Brazil}}
**[[File:Ortega.png]] [[Christian Socialism|Daniel Ortega]] (1945-) [[File:Cball-Nicaragua.png]] {{PBW|Nicaraguaball|Nicaragua}}
**[[File:Blump.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|Donald J. Trump]] (1946-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
**[[File:MORENA.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] (1953-) [[File:Cball-Mexico.png]] México
}}
*[[File:Cball-AfricanUnion.png]] '''Africa''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Cball-EthiopianEmpire.png]] [[State Oriental Orthodoxy|Haile Selassie I]] (1892-1975) Ethiopian Empire
**[[File:Hastings Banda.png]] [[Totalitarianism|Hastings Banda]] (1898-1997) [[File:Cball-Malawi.png]] {{PBW|Malawiball|Malawi}}
**[[File:Houphouet-Boigny.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Félix Houphouët-Boigny]] (1905-1993) [[File:Cball-CoteDivoire.png]] {{PBW|Côte d'Ivoireball|Ivory Coast}}
**[[File:Mug.png]] [[Welfare Chauvinism|Robert Mugabe]] (1924-2019) [[File:Cball-Zimbabwe.png]] {{PBW|Zimbabweball|Zimbabwe}}
**[[File:NDP(Egypt).png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Hosni Mubarak]] (1928-2020) [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] {{PBW|Egyptball|Egypt}}
**[[File:PaulBiya.png]]  [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Paul Biya]] (1933-) [[File:Cball-Cameroon.png]] {{PBW|Cameroonball|Cameroon}}
**[[File:Teodoro Mbasogo.png]] [[Kleptocracy|Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]] (1942-) [[File:Cball-Equatorial_Guinea.png]] {{PBW|Equatorial Guineaball|Equatorial Guinea}}
**[[File:Sassou Nguesso.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|Denis Sassou Nguesso]] (1943-) [[File:Cball-RCongo.png]] {{PBW|Republic of the Congoball|Republic of the Congo}}
**[[File:Museveni.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Yoweri Museveni]] (1944-) [[File:Cball-Uganda.png]] {{PBW|Ugandaball|Uganda}}
**[[File:FLN.png]] [[Arab Socialism|Abdelmadjid Tebboune]] (1945-) [[File:Cball-Algeria.png]] {{PBW|Algeriaball|Algeria}}
**[[File:IsaiasAfwerki-PFDJ.png]] [[Totalitarianism|Isaias Afwerki]] (1946-) [[File:Cball-Eritrea.png]] {{PBW|Eritreaball|Eritrea}}
}}
*[[File:PanAsian.png]] '''Asia''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:SyngmanRhee.png]] [[Ilminism|Rhee Syngman]] (1875-1965) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] Korea
**[[File:IsmetInonu.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|İsmet]] [[Kemalism|İnönü]] (1884–1973) [[File:ROT.png]] {{PBW|Turkeyball|Turkey}}
**[[File:ChiangKaiShek.png]] [[Tridemism|Chiang]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Kai-shek]] (1887-1975) [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] ROC
**[[File:Ben-Gurion.png]] [[Labour Zionism|David Ben-Gurion]] (1886-1973) [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Poland/[[File:Zio.png]] Israel
**[[File:HoChiMinh.png]] [[Ho Chi Minh Thought|Hồ Chí Minh]] (1890-1969) [[File:Hochi.png]] {{PBW|Vietnamball|Vietnam}}
**[[File:MaoHair.png]] [[Maoism|Mao Zedong]] (1893-1976) [[File:Cball-China.png]] {{PBW|Chinaball|China}}
**[[File:GoldaMeir.png]] [[Labour Zionism|Golda Meir]] (1898-1978) [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine/[[File:Zio.png]] Israel
**[[File:ZhouEnlai.png]] [[Maoism|Zhou Enlai]] (1898-1976) [[File:Cball-China.png]] {{PBW|Chinaball|China}}
**[[File:DengXiaoping.png]] [[Dengism|Deng Xiaoping]] (1904-1997) [[File:Cball-China.png]] {{PBW|Chinaball|China}}
**[[File:LêDuẩn.png]] [[Ho Chi Minh Thought|Lê Duẩn]] (1907-1986) [[File:Hochi.png]] {{PBW|Vietnamball|Vietnam}}
**[[File:Burmasoc.png]] [[Buddhist Socialism|Ne Win]] (1910/11-2002), [[File:Cball-Myanmar.png]] {{PBW|Myanmarball|Myanmar}}
**[[File:Showa.png]] [[Showa Statism|Hirohito]] (1901-1989) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] {{PBW|Japanball|Japan}}
**[[File:KimIlSung.png]] [[Juche|Kim Il-Sung]] [[File:ClassicJuche.png]] (1912-1994) [[File:Cball-North Korea.png]] {{PBW|North Koreaball|North Korea}}
**[[File:Tsedenbal.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal]] (1916-1991) [[File:Cball-Mongolia.png]] {{PBW|Mongoliaball|Mongolia}}
**[[File:SOOD.png]] [[Dengism|Song Ping]] (1917-2026) [[File:Cball-China.png]] {{PBW|Chinaball|China}}
**[[File:LKY.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Lee Kuan-Yew]] (1923-2015) [[File:Cball-Singapore.png]] Singapore
**[[File:KimDaejung.png]] [[Big Tent Liberalism|Kim Dae-jung]] (1924-2009) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] {{PBW|South Koreaball|South Korea}}
**[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Khamtai Siphandone]] (1924-2025) [[File:Cball-Laos.png]] {{PBW|Laosball|Laos}}
**[[File:Mahathir.png]] [[Ethnonationalism|Mahathir Mohamad]] (1925-) [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] {{PBW|Malaysiaball|Malaysia}}
**[[File:Jiang Tze-min.png]] [[Dengism|Jiang Zemin]] (1926-2022) [[File:Cball-China.png]] {{PBW|Chinaball|China}}
**[[File:ManmohanSingh.png]] [[Third Way|Manmohan Singh]] (1932-2024) [[File:Cball-India.png]] {{PBW|Indiaball|India}}
**[[File:FPM.png]] [[Civic Nationalism|Michel Aoun]] (1933-) [[File:Cball-Lebanon.png]] {{PBW|Lebanonball|Lebanon}}
**[[File:Abbas.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|Mahmoud Abbas]] (1935-) [[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] {{PBW|Palestineball|Palestine}}
**[[File:HouseOfSaud.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy|Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]] (1935-) [[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] {{PBW|Saudi Arabiaball|Saudi Arabia}}
**[[File:Karimov.png]] [[Kleptocracy|Islam Karimov]] (1938-2016) [[File:Cball-Uzbekistan.png]] {{PBW|Uzbekistanball|Uzbekistan}}
**[[File:Khom.png]] [[Khomeinism|Ali Khamenei]] (1939-) [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] {{PBW|Iranball|Iran}}
**[[File:Saenuri.png]] [[Kleptocracy|Lee Myung-bak]] (1941-) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] {{PBW|South Koreaball|South Korea}}
**[[File:Nguyễn Phú Trọng.png]] [[Ho Chi Minh Thought|Nguyễn Phú Trọng]] (1944-) [[File:Hochi.png]] {{PBW|Vietnamball|Vietnam}}
**[[File:Abmon.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Hassanal Bolkiah]] (1946-) [[File:Cball-Brunei.png]] {{PBW|Bruneiball|Brunei}}
**[[File:Kilicdaroglu.png]] [[Kemalism|Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]] (1948-) [[File:Cball-Turkey.png]] {{PBW|Turkeyball|Turkey}}
**[[File:Netanyahu.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|Benjamin Netanyahu]] (1949-) [[File:Zio.png]] {{PBW|Israelcube|Israel}}
**[[File:Hun Sen.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Hun Sen]] (1952-) [[File:Cball-Cambodia.png]] {{PBW|Cambodiaball|Cambodia}}
**[[File:PAP(Singapore).png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Lee Hsien Loong]] (1952-) [[File:Cball-Singapore.png]] Singapore
**[[File:DemocraticPartyKorea.png]] [[Social Liberalism|Moon Jae-in]] (1953-) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] {{PBW|South Koreaball|South Korea}}
**[[File:XiJinpingThoughtf.png]] [[Dengism|Xi Jingping]] (1953-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] {{PBW|Chinaball|China}}
**[[File:Tokayev.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] (1953-) [[File:Cball-Kazakhstan.png]] Kazakhstan
**[[File:RecepTayyipErdogan.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism|Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] (1954-) [[File:Cball-Turkey.png]] {{PBW|Turkeyball|Turkey}}
}}
<s>[[file:Facebook.png]] [[Illuminatism|Most Facebook users]]</s>
|influences=[[File:Oligarchy.png]] [[Oligarchy]]
|influenced=
[[File:Necrocracy.png]] [[Necrocracy]] [[File:Necro-ghost.png]]<br>
[[File:Mahathir.png]] [[Islamic Democracy|Mahathirism]]<br>
[[File:Margot.png]] [[Marxist Feminism|Margot Honecker Thought]]
|examples=
*'''Real Life''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Sparta.png]] [[Stratocracy|Ancient Sparta (Lacedaemon)]] (930 BC - 192 BC)
**[[File:Cball-US.png]] [[American Model|United States Government]] (2016-)
**[[File:Cball-Commonwealth.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Commonwealth Realm]] (c.1990s-)
**[[File:Cball-Cameroon.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Cameroon]] (c.1990s-)
**[[File:Cball-Singapore.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Singapore]] (c.1980s-)
**[[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy|Saudi Arabia]]
**[[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] [[Corporatocracy|South Korea]]
**[[File:Cball-Japan.png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism|Japan]] (1947-)
**[[File:Cball-USSR.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Soviet Union]] under [[File:Brezhnev.png]] Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982)
**[[File:Cball-India.png]] [[Republicanism|India]] (1990-)
**[[File:Cball-Russia.png]] [[Kleptocracy|Russian]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Federation]] under [[File:VladimirPutin.png]] Vladimir Putin (2000-)
**[[File:Cball-PRBulgaria.png]] [[National Communism|People’s Republic of Bulgaria]] under [[File:TodorZhivkov.png]] Todor Zhivkov (1954-1989)
**[[File:Cball-China.png]] [[Dengism|People’s Republic of China]] (1976-)
**[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy|Vatican City]] (1929-)
**[[File:Tribal.png]] [[Tribalism|Some tribes in Africa]]
}}
*[[File:Ismism Icon.png]] '''Fictional''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:AmericaMonarch.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|United States of America under King Washington]] (c.1789, ''Assassins Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington'')
**[[File:BioShock-Columbia.png]] [[White Nationalism|Columbia]] (1902-?, ''BioShock Infinite'')
**[[File:BoarFascism.png]] [[British Fascism|United Kingdom during the reign of Richard III]] (''Richard III (1995)'')
**[[File:Holyrussia.png]] [[Monarcho-Fascism|Holy Russian Empire]] (19XX-19XX, ''The New Order: Last Days of Europe'')
**[[File:Cball-HRE.png]] [[Ismism|Holy Roman Empire under Winston Churchill's reign]] [[File:Church.png]] (2011, ''Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song'')
**[[File:Imperium.png]] [[Kraterocracy|Imperium of Man]] (c. 290000-, ''Warhammer 40,000'')
**[[File:EquestriaBall.png]] [[Matriarchal Monarchism|Equestria]] (1000 BS1-a few years AS1, ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'')
}}
|song=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqPJ9GqRJnA 2 Hours of boomer music]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xADSDapqn9o It's just a burning memory]<br>
[https://youtu.be/D4cJfCmNiwQ Heartaches]<br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxayYlq5qX8 Eastenders Theme]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXPiLA9pKXw You're Old]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7sLXvbdHBc Your Favorite Martian - Grandma Got a Facebook]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91T-IK2bE4M Old Style]<br>
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O0IkZ08M4k4 Eff Granddad]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHuoiG8-ok4 Noches de Hungría]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q0cp4b9pvg Trevor Moore - Old Folks Home]<br>
[https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_8KR-n2fBQ Out of Touch]<br>
<s>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMFewiplIbw Mayores]</s><br>
Anything by The Caretaker
}}
{{Quote|
quote="I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."
|speaker=[[File:Reagan.png]] [[Neoconservatism|Ronald Reagan]]
}}
'''Gerontocracy''' is a form of [[File:Oligarchy.png]] [[Oligarchy|oligarchical]] rule in which an entity is ruled by leaders who are significantly [[file:Gero.png]] older than most of the adult population. The ancient [[File:Cball-Greece.png]] Greeks were among the first to believe in this idea of gerontocracies; as famously stated by [[file:Platon.png]] {{PHB|Platonism|Plato}} "it is for the elder man to rule and for the younger to submit". However, these beliefs are not unique to ancient [[file:Cball-Greece.png]] Greece, as many cultures still subscribe to this way of thinking. This belief has been very common in [[file:Tribal.png]] [[Tribalism|tribal]] communities, as the lack of writing meant that people relied on older people to seek knowledge much more frequently.

Often, these political structures are such that political power within the ruling class accumulates with age, making the oldest people hold more power than others. Those holding the most power may not be in formal leadership positions, but often dominate those who are. In a simplified definition, a gerontocracy is a society where leadership is reserved for elders.

==How to Draw==
{{Flag|AuthCentrismFlag.png}}

# Draw a ball
# Colour it grey
# Give the ball a cane
# Add two droopy, sleepy eyes
# Give it hair with a darker shade of grey
Done!

{{Flag-auto
|c1 = Grey
|h1 = #C3C3C3
|c2 = Darker Grey
|h2 = #7F7F7F
}}

==Relations==
===Fellow Seniors===
*[[File:Boiledsweet.png]] [[Fordism|Boiled sweets]] - As an old person, I cannot resist boiled sweets.
*[[File: Trad.png]] [[Traditionalism]] - Now back in my day...
*[[File:Patcon.png]] [[Paternalistic Conservatism]] - Back in my day, a man cared about his fellow man.
*[[File:Rpop-tinfoilhat.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism]] - He promised the return of the good ol' days. <s>Please don't cut social security and Medicaid!</s>
*[[File: Tradcon.png]] [[Classical Conservatism]] - Things aren't like they used to be.
*[[File: Apolit.png]] [[Apoliticism]] - Fellow wife hater.
*[[File:OldLib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|Old Liberalism]] and [[File:Conlib.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism]] - Back in my day, we had all the freedom we needed.
*[[File:Plcn2.png]] [[Paleoconservatism]] - Hah! You get me!
*[[File:Bidenism.png]] [[Big Tent Liberalism|Bidenism]] - Ridin' with Biden!
*[[File:Ike.png]] [[Rockefeller Republicanism|Eisenhowerism]] - I still like Ike!
*[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Brezhnev Doctrine]] and [[File:OldLeft.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|Old Left]] - Откопаем Брежнева, будем пить по прежнему...
*[[File:Franco.png]] [[Francoism]] - Esto con Franco no pasaba.
*[[File:Tribal.png]] [[Tribalism]] - Respects me.
*[[File:AmericanModel.png]] <s>[[American Model]] - Always lets me take the lead even if I cause disasters.</s>

===Middle-aged===
*[[File: Anprim.png]] [[Anarcho-Primitivism]] and [[File:Reactcross.png]] [[Reactionaryism]] - You both also like the good old days, but go a little too far. Additionally, I wouldn't have been able to live past 50 without modern healthcare.
*[[File: Altl.png]] [[Alt-Lite]] - I'm all for kids embracing traditions, but not this crap.
*[[File:Necrocracy.png]] [[Necrocracy]] [[File:Necro-ghost.png]] - Like me but even older, and you make me feel uncomfortable.
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - It was better when Ronnie and Maggie were in charge. And all of a sudden, that bastard [[File:Macron.png]] Macron decided to lower my pensions!
*[[File:Cuomo.png]] [[Third Way|Cuomoism]] - [[w:New_York_COVID-19_nursing_home_scandal|Why did you kill so many of us?]] <s>Still gonna vote for you over that [[File:Mamdani.png]] that brat.</s>

===Darn kids!===
*[[File:Female-template.png]] [[Maternalism|My wife]] - Grrr...
*[[File: Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]] - Darn hippies... <s>Bernie and Pelosi are really great though.</s>
*[[File:Kak.png]] [[Kakistocracy|Children]] - Kids these days don't know how to operate a government. <s>Not like I do either...</s>
*[[File: Nazi.png]] [[Nazism]] - We fought to liberate Europe from your newfangled evil idea. <s> Wasn't I younger than you at the time though?</s>
*[[File: Altr.png]] [[Alt-Right]] - The only "redpill" I need to take is some Tylenol after listening to these kids' internet jibber jabber. <s>Thanks for coming to my birthday, though.</s>
*[[File:Transh.png]] [[Transhumanism]] - Darn kids and their stupid gadgets! <s>But you can help me live longer and reduce the negative effects of old age.</s>
*[[File:Statlib.png]] [[State Liberalism]] - What the hell? I'm not getting euthanised! Get outta here before I give you a good cane beating, ya whippersnapper!
**{{Alias|Statlibevil.png|File:Statlibevil.png|'''STOP RESISTING OR MY NON-BINARY MILITARY POLICE WILL SEND YOU TO LOS ANGELES CONCENTRATION CAMP.'''}}

==Further Information==
===Wikipedia===
*[[w:Gerontocracy|Gerontocracy]]
*[[w:Gerousia|Gerousia]]
*[[w:Elder (administrative title)|Elder]]
*[[w:Lists of state leaders by age|Lists of state leaders by age]]
*[[w:The Elders (organization)|The Elders]]
*[[File:Cball-US.png]] [[w:Seniority in the United States Senate|Seniority in the United States Senate]]
*[[w:Father of the House|Father of the House]]

===Videos===
*[https://youtu.be/wJWksPWDKOc The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stages 1-6 (Complete)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL998ajnjN4 The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World]
*[https://youtu.be/EI7bfO9eZuE The Caretaker - Everywhere, an empty bliss (FULL ALBUM)]
*[https://youtu.be/_FPfOw0174g The Caretaker - Persistent repetition of phrases]

==Gallery==

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