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Go back to the populares of Rome like the Grachii, the Greek demagogues like Kleon, the medieval peasant revolt leaders like Jack Cade. Shakespeare’s two Roman plays Julius Caesar and Coriolanus stage how demagoguery of the plebs is a commonplace.
By the way, if you want a really entertaining account of the trajectory from the Grachii to Caesar, check out Hardcore History’s episodes on the fall of the republic called Death Throws of the Republic, episodes 34-39 on iTunes.
Ep 34 does a fantastic job explaining the problem of ambition and political opportunism in the late republic. Major points of similarity to the same phenomena among today’s ideological entrepreneurs like Kendi.
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