A friend of mine had an away message that lead me to the following article discussed below - first, however, I would like to state that this friend always has the most intriguing posts and remarks in his away status and I appreciate these as it leads me to information that always makes me think -
Excerpts from this article that I believe are thought provoking -
"It’s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple."
"Ever since I started covering politics, the Democratic ruling class has been driven by one fantasy: that voters will get so furious at people with M.B.A.’s that they will hand power to people with Ph.D.’s. The Republican ruling class has been driven by the fantasy that voters will get so furious at people with Ph.D.’s that they will hand power to people with M.B.A.’s. Members of the ruling class love populism because they think it will help their section of the elite gain power."
"In fact, this country was built by anti-populists. It was built by people like Alexander Hamilton and Abraham Lincoln who rejected the idea that the national economy is fundamentally divided along class lines."
The philosophy of politicians and the rhetoric that they use is always an interesting one - I have studied this to a larger extent than I care to admit but in my examinations I have discovered that the language is nearly identical for all politicians - their justifications simply validate opposing ideas.
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