re: How do you love democracy and hate populism simultaneously?

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Look up “the French Revolution.”

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Point taken, but the counterpoint that comes to mind immediately is that there’s just no realistic or accurate comparison to be drawn between 1800 French “mob” and a 2023 American “mob.” We’ve “evolved” as a society, particularly in modern day, first world America, beyond medieval type revolutions. And no I don’t actually mean to say the French Revolution occurred in the Medieval period of history, only that the common tactics and practices were “medieval.”