Populism, no matter if you are left or right, is pure poison to a democracy. It is the Achilles heel of a system that otherwise works remarkably well and provides the most for the many. It is nothing more than a political tool that ambitious and dishonest people of all stripes use to gain temporary power. There is no truth, justice, or beauty in it at all. It plays on the worst instincts of the mob. It is the enemy of all liberalism, and liberal forms of government. It is the disease that rotted the roots of all great Western civilizations …
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