Vox Pop
I’m just listening to a podcast from some former traditional politicians trying to understand the rise of right-wing populism.
They seem genuinely confused. Which is odd because it’s so easy to understand.
The voting masses will put up with only so much corruption. So long as they benefit enough, they’ll look the other way as a minority of corporations and special interest groups abuse the centralisation of tax and laws, in their own interests.
The voting masses do this because given the same circumstances they’d behave exactly the same. But after a certain point of corruption they’ll roll the dice on any fuckwit that puts their hand up, and that looks different.
It’s ironic of course that the stated goal of these right wing populists is to prevent the voters being able to vote them out. Then they are free to maximise the benefits of government in the interests of just a tiny few.
Understanding this, it’s arguable that Winston was wrong on the subject of democracy being the worst form of government.
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