Powerful Men Fear Populism. Why?

One reason is because it's hard to control since populism is a "big tent" movement [1][2]. Another reason is: populists are "anti-elitist" and tend to be more honest than "career politicians" (i.e., Limousine Leftists and Limousine Conservatives). If you try to bribe a populist, he'll probably tell you to shove it; populists also hate central banking and globalism. Furthermore, Hitler's NS was populist. So was America First in the 1930s...

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