The word whim in this context is very gracious. Government by stunt might also apply. Government by revenge might also work. And doing it openly has precedent. “Control… had to be wielded openly as a prescriptive right of big capital rather than covertly; otherwise the rising chorus of protest might develop into an overwhelming mass movement.” Ferdinand Lindberg, “America’s 60 Families,” 1937.
The word whim in this context is very gracious. Government by stunt might also apply. Government by revenge might also work. And doing it openly has precedent. “Control… had to be wielded openly as a prescriptive right of big capital rather than covertly; otherwise the rising chorus of protest might develop into an overwhelming mass movement.” Ferdinand Lindberg, “America’s 60 Families,” 1937.