• Chicken or The Egg Question: Modern-day populism is a threat to democra

    From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 2 14:33:07 2024
    "There are many lessons to be learned from the rise of Donald Trump and
    his possible election to a second term on Tuesday. Among them: The
    United States is not immune to or walled off from the political trends
    and tides that affect other countries, especially other democracies.
    There is a global populist wave — or two waves: one emanating from the
    left, the other emanating, as the Trump campaign does, from the right. Traditional parties and politicians have not yet found an effective way
    to counter this trend, and their failure to do so is at the heart of the
    risk facing democracy.

    In multiple ways, populism corrodes democracies from within. It coarsens political discourse, stokes societal divisions by casting policy issues
    in existential “us vs. them” terms, and fuels widespread distrust of institutions and expertise."

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/31/populism-democracy-trump-berlusconi-duterte-thaksin/

    Is populism a threat to an otherwise healthy democracy with ritualistic
    voting? Or populism the symptom of fake democracy with ritualistic
    voting?

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