From the Wikipedia page on demagogues (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue): "Demagogues usually advocate immediate

From the Wikipedia page on demagogues (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue): "Demagogues usually advocate immediate, forceful action to address a crisis while accusing moderate and thoughtful opponents of weakness or disloyalty. Once elected to high executive office, demagogues typically unravel constitutional limits on executive power and attempt to convert their democracy to dictatorship." It's hard not to see the similarities here.