Comments on: Deflationary populism http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/10/18/deflationary-populism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deflationary-populism @TAC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:36:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thomas O. Meehan http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/10/18/deflationary-populism/comment-page-1/#comment-10638 Thomas O. Meehan Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:07:42 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=2243#comment-10638 I think you are on to something here. The spirit in which Spencer raises cautionary flags is also well taken. In a nation where the system has broken down a populist reaction is inevitable and healthy. The majority of the populace wants immigration stopped now. But the system relies on immigration (both legal and illegal) to fatten itself. This is an example of a populist cause. Of course there are others. The danger of populism resides in it's tendency toward emotionalism and the attendant danger of manipulation and demagoguery. The great good fortune of our republic was its founded in a populist movement but lead by men of character and substance. It will be quite a trick to carry this off a second time in the society we live in now. I think you are on to something here. The spirit in which Spencer raises cautionary flags is also well taken. In a nation where the system has broken down a populist reaction is inevitable and healthy. The majority of the populace wants immigration stopped now. But the system relies on immigration (both legal and illegal) to fatten itself. This is an example of a populist cause. Of course there are others.

The danger of populism resides in it’s tendency toward emotionalism and the attendant danger of manipulation and demagoguery. The great good fortune of our republic was its founded in a populist movement but lead by men of character and substance. It will be quite a trick to carry this off a second time in the society we live in now.

]]> By: Barney Rebble http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/10/18/deflationary-populism/comment-page-1/#comment-10634 Barney Rebble Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:39:29 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=2243#comment-10634 Interesting that all the past cheerleaders for that "takeover of this nation’s economy" are now scrambling to hide the fact. Interesting that all the past cheerleaders for that “takeover of this nation’s economy” are now scrambling to hide the fact.

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