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A party emboldened by a favorable election result, or denying an unfavorable one, might change the system from within.
Timothy Snyder • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Populists simply argue that established political parties corrupt the link between leaders and supporters, create artificial divisions within an homogenous people and put their own interests above those of the people (Mudde, 2019).
The hijackers, Democrats and Republicans alike, have acted as if the idea that self-government depends on people being able to count on independent providers of information is a quaint relic and that the new media channels present new opportunities that creative political operatives must seize.