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re: How do you love democracy and hate populism simultaneously?
Posted on 12/10/23 at 6:23 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 12/10/23 at 6:23 pm to GumboPot
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We must save our democracy by defeating populism.
That’s the argument in a nutshell from the TDS infected. It makes no sense.
With populism you are just trading "power of the elites" for the "power of the mob".
If you are conservative, you don't want either one.
This post was edited on 12/10/23 at 6:24 pm
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Posted on 12/10/23 at 6:30 pm to frogtown
The “mob” being citizens. So what “power” of the citizens are you referencing? What “power” of the citizens does populism actually contemplate? And it’s not uprising or physical overthrow of the government. That’s not a natural or default or expected aspect of populism, not in the context of populism that’s subject of this discussion.
So what “power” of the mob-citizens is there to be concerned with or skeptical of?
So what “power” of the mob-citizens is there to be concerned with or skeptical of?
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