Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 12:00pm EST
Populism
“Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.”
– James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 10
Populism refers to the political mobilization of “the people” against a perceived elite caste of professional politicians. And whereas a corps of elected representatives was Madison’s and Hamilton’s buffer against the tyranny of factions, from time to time the political class may come to be viewed as insufficiently attentive to the needs of their constituents and then become the target and nidus that creates a populist movement.… read more »
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Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 12:00pm EST
Populism
“Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.”
– James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 10
Populism refers to the political mobilization of “the people” against a perceived elite caste of professional politicians. And whereas a corps of elected representatives was Madison’s and Hamilton’s buffer against the tyranny of factions, from time to time the political class may come to be viewed as insufficiently attentive to the needs of their constituents and then become the target and nidus that creates a populist movement.… read more »