Populism is not another word for democracy. It is, however, a word for a crude kind of majoritarianism which the market-oriented right finds very attractive. Unfortunately those leftists who have abandoned universal aims and class politics feel a similar attraction. Of course no democrat could ever have been confident that all citizens would be participants.

Letters to a Young Writer.

Interested in politics, the third sector, theatre, film, and sarcasm. Boris Johnson thinks we should trust teachers, but not on matters of education policy. Reaching Home and heading off. The student cost of living crisis. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page.

All credentials goes to Alice Fishburn. And you can find the original article here. It was from him that I learn.