Political parties and politicians often use the terms populist and populism as pejoratives against their opponents. Such a view sees populism as demagogy,
merely appearing to empathize with the public through rhetoric or
unrealistic proposals in order to increase appeal across the political spectrum.[2]
Populism is most common in democratic nations. Political scientist Cas Mudde
wrote that, "Many observers have noted that populism is inherent to
representative democracy; after all, do populists not juxtapose 'the
pure people' against 'the corrupt elite'?"[3]
Reminds you of someone or some people??
