#spoils_system  the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
  exclusion:  merit_system
  supertype:  system_of_rules__system  a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
     supertype:  system  a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
        supertype:  group__grouping  any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
           supertype:  collection  something gathering separated things (entities/situations)
              supertype:  divisible_entity__divisibleentity  many classifications under this category are application-dependant
                 supertype:  entity  something that can be "involved" in a situation
                    supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                 supertype:  divisible_thing__divisiblething
                    supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type

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