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How is that different from a democracy that was founded in opposition to monarch or dictator like the USA? From the wiki on Populism: >Populism is most common
by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
How is that different from a democracy that was founded in opposition to monarch or dictator like the USA?
From the wiki on Populism:
>Populism is most common in democratic nations and political scientist Cas Mudde wrote: "Many observers have noted that populism is inherent to representative democracy; after all, do populists not juxtapose 'the pure people' against 'the corrupt elite'?".[6]
- notahacker 9y agoThe populist rhetorical device of directing mass public hatred against a particular target is used at least as easily by dictators - aspirant or actual - as against them, particularly when it relies on open communication to flourish. Sure, populist upheaval can lead to American Revolutions. But it can just as easily lead to pogroms, and one of those patterns is repeated far more often throughout history than the others.