The East Germans used almost these exact words. Pure populism. Hugely effective, populism is an electoral…

The East Germans used almost these exact words. Pure populism. Hugely effective, populism is an electoral H-bomb. There was an unspoken agreement never to do this, because wise heads knew it ends in catastrophe. It was done anyway. /1 https://t.co/ryfAwkIEO0

The LNP milked this particular H-bomb for multiple election wins, the UK Tories are now copying the same script, probably assisted by Australian political strategists, who have worked for the Tories for years. The damage populism leaves behind is often irreparable. /2

This is what it did to Europe in WW2. We haven't learned. Fascists are populists, fascism IS populism, in its purest form. This is why politicians had a gentleman's (mostly men) agreement never to tread this path again. But that pact was broken. /3 https://t.co/BfYFUUUNvW

Leading to an explosion in electoral success. Which never lasts, and ends in destruction and chaos, always, at every time in history. Populism isn't politics, it's not Left or Right or centre or any of that nonsense. Those are just teams that normally regulate popularity. /4 https://t.co/Z2uqLdCUfj

Popularity was de-regulated. The genie was let out of the bottle. It's the bullies at school, allowed to run the school. It will end in destruction and chaos. It always has, all through history. Societies are (literally) schools, running them with popularity destroys them. /end