> "mob elects a leader" That's just democracy. The mob and democracy are referring to same thing with different attitudes. > "Populist ideologes often are pop

> "mob elects a leader" That's just democracy. The mob and democracy are referring to same thing with different attitudes. > "Populist ideologes often are popular, for the subset of people that stand to benefit from their heavy handed policies." I think you may be suffering from a condition often found at ivy league schools and the NYT where Aristotle's forms of government are scrambled in favor of liberal oligarchy by calling: Monarchy -> Dictatorship Oligarchy -> Democracy Democracy -> Populism