Lovarchy, the definition of

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Comment by Joshua Bizley on April 14, 2010 at 10:07pm

I got it published on Urban Dictionary! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lovarchy

Comment by Joshua Bizley on April 14, 2010 at 12:58pm

I figured that since monarchy means 'ruled by monarch' and patriarchy means 'ruled by men' that lovarchy would mean 'ruled by love.' So essentially I meant, as you said, love is the ruler. I understand your aversion to 'love' being absolutized, and I don't see how that could be avoided if Love itself was legalized. However, the point is precisely that I believe love to be above the Law, above legalities. It would be a disaster if the entirely subjective concept of love were legalized - it would be a disaster if the law punished people simply because they didn't live by love, but that doesn't mean we can't live as if love is above law. Lovarchy could never be enforced, but if an entire country were to live as if it did, it would be effectively become a lovarchy. Saying that, its primary advantage is that it doesn't rely on the entire country to live by it for it to be beneficial. It's not a way of ruling others, but a way of ruling ourselves.

Comment by Фелч Гроган on April 13, 2010 at 7:27pm

Oh good. The patriarchy hasn't been blamed for everything for maybe a whole week. Thankyou for reminding us.

There's also Lovolution.