The kind of "populism" that gives power to whoever can make the loudest, scariest mob isn't true populism at all
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Big surprise Jackson's mobs were smallholding (but landowning) white male farmers, i.e. a privileged majority with a chip on their shoulder
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@arthur_affect The Cheese Wheel thing was kind of amusing, at least. -
@Radlein@arthur_affect But afterwards, all it did was leave a terrible odour. Which is an amusing parallel in itself. - Show replies
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@arthur_affect ...other than proof of concept for populism as a whole, and he actually did help popularize popular democracy in practice.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect except for the Big Block Of Cheese Day episodes of The West Wing - which admittedly is based on his fictional legacy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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