Day 1,974: mandate, prowess, profligacy, combustible, oligarchy
Mr Trump has a mandate for such disruption. Despite America’s economic prowess, much of Main Street, Wall Street and Silicon Valley is frustrated by government profligacy and incompetence.
Yet Musk-led reform risks creating a new problem for America: the emergence of a combustible, corrupt oligarchy.
Artwork of the day
No Mandatory Patriotism
Richard_SerraDate:1989Style:MinimalismGenre:abstract
Word of the day
mandate: the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country: the period of time that a government or an elected person is allowed to remain in power: an official order or requirement to do something:
prowess: great ability or skill:
profligacy: bad or morally wrong behaviour:
combustible: able to burn easily:
oligarchy: a small group of very powerful people that controls a government or society:
Quote of the day
“Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.”
― Marquis de Sade, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings