The Occupy movement helped to popularize the term do-ocracy, a system of management or government where the people who actually roll up their sleeves and do things get to decide how those things are done. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Do-ocracy”
Here’s a word I’ve been tracking, doocracy.
Do you know this?
Doocracy?
Yes.
No.
D-O hyphenocracy.
It seems to be associated with the Occupy movement, and it’s a system of management or government in which those who do get to decide what’s done.
For example, all of you all are standing around wondering what color you’re going to paint the bike shed or whatever.
And it’s the people who pick up the paint and say, we’re going to do it this way.
Right.
Yeah.
That’s a duocracy.
A lot of life is like that, right?
Right.
Yeah.
Right.
The carpers and the complainers who stand around, they don’t just need to move a little faster.
The doers get it done.
Move over.
Get out of the way.
It’s the rule by the doers.
Duocracy.
Duocracy.
Yeah.
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