> get serious about the work of political persuasion The thing about populist authoritarian movements is that they're popular. They're supported by a large seg

> get serious about the work of political persuasion The thing about populist authoritarian movements is that they're popular. They're supported by a large segment of the population, and that segment is full of passionate intensity while the rest of us lack all conviction [0]. I can't think of a large populist authoritarian movement in the last hundred years that was defeated by mere "political persuasion". [0] https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-comi...