It’s time to fucking die already
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@Mik Yup
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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.
I was only joking
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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.
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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.
@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.”
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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.
@Doctor-Phibes said
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.
What does that make Trump?
