Mussolini like so many before and after him loved the rush of instant power populism provided. Using…

Mussolini like so many before and after him loved the rush of instant power populism provided. Using popularity to bypass all due process, all checks and balances. Populists never understand the ‘all’ part. That’s him, strung up next to his lover, by a violent mob. /1 https://t.co/iYJEWQXzjQ

The end isn’t always as physical as that. But no crowd or mob ever forgives their populist leader, when their popular fantasies are exposed as fantasies. The retribution is brutal. Politicians used to agree to never use populism, for this reason. /2

But generations pass, and people forget. And now we’re back again, with politicians using populism to attain quick, total power. It will end as it always ends. Brutally. /end