The War on Populism

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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

People are only afraid of populism because it is seen as leading to fake leaders. As if the only politicians who would make promises to actually help the public, would also be the most corrupt.

Although I can't really blame people, after seeing what happened to communism, which is supposed to also be "for the people" but almost always ends up in an authoritarian regime with way too much power because everyone trusts them too much, and they abuse it. I see communism and populism both sharing this fatal flaw...

But honestly to be against populism is to be against democracy. Populism just means "what is popular" and that is the whole point of democracy.

[–]SundogsPlace[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I really think an "Open Republic" focused on the exercising of Inalienable Natural Rights is the best we can ever have. The idea of government can be summed up in the roots of the word; 'govern'-control, and 'ment'-mind(Latin). Anytime people rely on any form of government that consolidates control, ends with totalitarism holding the reigns.