Traditionally speaking though, this "in case of populism, enshrine an emperor/king/caesar/dictator" has always been true. The Romans experienced this with Juliu

Traditionally speaking though, this "in case of populism, enshrine an emperor/king/caesar/dictator" has always been true. The Romans experienced this with Julius. The French relapsed several times after their 1789 Revolution and dawdled between democracy and Napoleonic imperialism and dynastic monarchy. The British, too, have a colorful history of monarchs vs Parliament. And to this day refuse to sweep away the institution altogether for some indescribable reason, perhaps as a fallback in case this whole democracy thing doesn't work out. The U.S. isn't an old nation, but it's the oldest continuous democracy. It was meticulously designed to avoid such issues, but I wouldn't say it's immune either.