It’s time to fucking die already

[jon-nyc]

Yeah him too but I happen to be talking about the park bench socialist.

[Mik]

This is what populism gets us. He's not really a socialist, but a populist.

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik Yup

[Doctor Phibes]

I read somewhere that a populist is somebody who gives people what they want, whereas a leader is somebody who gives people what they need.

OK, I admit I didn't read that, I just made it up. Still, I think it's true.

[Horace]

Democracy is built on giving people what they want, and plenty of coherent thinkers have predicted its eventual collapse on basic theory of human behavior. I think most people can agree that it can not end well with a tribalized electorate who would rather see the other tribe lose than compromise for everybody's benefit.

[Mik]

Horace speaks sooth.

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes said in It’s time to fucking die already:

I read somewhere that a populist is somebody who gives people what they want, whereas a leader is somebody who gives people what they need.

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”