Mediocracy

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Not to be confused with Mediacracy.

"Don’t set out to raze all shrines—you’ll frighten men. Enshrine mediocrity—and the shrines are razed."

Ayn Rand

Mediocracy, or explicitly Rule of the Mediocre, is a form of government where a class of mediocre individuals are more dominant in society. While this ideology is mostly a joke, one could make the argument that the average person in society is its best representative and as such should control the nation. It could be said that it is a less extreme form of Kakistocracy (which wants society to be ruled by the least competent, as opposed to just the mediocre). It's a semi-pejorative term referring to leaders who didn't do anything exceptional (good or bad), and remain forgotten about.

History

File:ShigeruIshiba.png Ishibaism

Shigeru Ishiba is a veteran Japanese politician from the File:LDP(Japan).pngLiberal Democratic Party (LDP), born in 1957, whose career spans decades of cabinet service, party leadership bids, and regional political influence. He draws significant inspiration from former File:EconPop.pngPrime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. Ishiba has emulated Tanaka’s style by cultivating deep local networks, prioritizing rural infrastructure projects, and leveraging party resources to support regional development. This manifests in his advocacy for targeted public works spending and fiscal transfers to underdeveloped prefectures, demonstrating a hands-on, clientelist approach rooted in Tanaka’s legacy.

Ishiba’s policy positions also reflect ceremonial monarchism, where he publicly endorses the Imperial family and the symbolic unity it represents, while his practical governance emphasizes liberal conservatism and moderatism, carefully balancing tradition with incremental reform. Accusations of gerontocracy emerge from his reliance on senior LDP figures and elder bureaucrats to advance initiatives, but Ishiba frames this as valuing political experience and continuity. Economically, he supports File:Keynes.pngKeynesian interventions, particularly in rural development, combining social capitalism with File:ShinzoAbe.pngpost-Abenomics pragmatism to stimulate growth through infrastructure, investment incentives, and market-friendly subsidies.

On defense, Ishiba demonstrates File:JapaneseNeomilitarism.pngJapanese neo-militarism, advocating for a more capable Self-Defense Force and closer coordination with the United States. His proposals for revising National Defense Program Guidelines reflect neoconservative pragmatism, balancing constitutional pacifism with regional security concerns. In domestic governance, he emphasizes progressive conservatism and paternalistic conservatism, coupling strong security and economic policies with social welfare protections. His push for Third Way conservatism combines national coordination with local autonomy, reflecting a File:Reform.pngreformist pragmatism that values measured, incremental change rather than radical transformation.

Furthermore, Ishiba’s legislative and campaign history shows the influence of File:EconPop.pngTanakaism in practice: he actively lobbies for prefectural budget allocations, invests in rural infrastructure, and fosters personal ties with local leaders to secure political loyalty. These actions echo Tanaka’s model of clientelist politics while incorporating Ishiba’s own File:Pragmat.pngpragmatic conservatism and social capitalism, showing a deliberate attempt to blend populist attention to local needs with broader national strategy.

Personality

Judging from his name, he's mediocre, and as such, forgettable. His best friends are Moderatism and Anti-Radicalism. He only prefers songs based on how popular or relevant they are.

How to Draw

File:Mediocracy flag.svg

Flag of Mediocracy

1. Draw a ball.
2. Fill in it with blue(#4C87FF).
3. Draw a white triangle pointing up, but not all the way up to the ball.
4. Draw a blue crown in the triangle.
5. Draw in the eyes.
6. You're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Light Blue	#4C87FF	rgb(76, 135, 255)
	White	#FFFFFF	rgb(255, 255, 255)

Relations

Normies

• Democracy - Most people are mediocre.
• Moderatism - Fellow normie.
• Neoliberalism - Good job constraining politics in the Overton Window, so people don't form radical opinions!
• Ceremonial Monarchism - To achieve absolute mediocracy, do nothing. Doing anything makes you at least slightly good or bad.
• Anti-Radicalism - He helps me remove anomalies.

Frenemies

• Apoliticism - Fellow normie, but doesn't care about ruling.
• File:Synclib.png Big Tent - Too inclusive but a fellow mediocre
• Mediacracy - We are not the same, and it's only good if it's normal, mainstream media.
• Marxism-Leninism - Thanks for letting File:Lysenko.png me dictate agricultural policy, File:Sralin.png Stalin!
• File:Neotech.png Technoliberalism - Like technocracy, but oftentimes ineffective in the face of neoliberalism’s problems.

Anomalies

• Anarchism - You're not a normal person and reject the very concept of ruling.
• Technocracy and Scientocracy - Too smart!
• File:Nooc.png Noocracy - Too wise!
• Kakistocracy - Too dumb!
• File:Comb.png Combatocracy - Too strong!
• File:Krater.png Kraterocracy and File:Darwinist.png Social Darwinism - Too mightly! But File:KraterMerit.png Lysenko is based.
• File:Merit.png Meritocracy - Too skilled!
• File:Senat.png Senatorialism - A literal anomaly.
• Anti-Centrism - Too extreme in general!
• Anti-Realism - Too… too EVERYTHING!

Further Information

• Mediocracy
• File:Navalny.png Alexei Navalny
• File:Yushchenko.png Viktor Yushchenko
• File:Lysenko.png Trofim Lysenko

Videos

• Lysenkoism by File:Lindsay.png James Lindsay

Gallery

• "Types of evil" by u/Decent_Dot422
  "Types of evil" by u/Decent_Dot422