Saturday, February 25, 2017

quote of the day fr populism wiki

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??

Sagaing earthquake--building collapse in Bangkok--Ava Bridge in Myanmar--many images online

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cx2x2xle5g5o