37 NYT: “America May Need International Intervention” (archive.is) posted 3 years ago by altmehere 3 years ago by altmehere +37 / -0 34 comments share 34 comments share save hide report block hide replies
... "Oh, no, the national government is turning populist! Quick, subsume it in an entity that will ignore those horrible proles and do what we tell it to do!"
"Signed, the same people who've declared Trump an enemy of democracy"
Populism: Giving the Majority what it wants (famously bad idea, amirite?)
Democracy: Giving the Minority special rights.
--New York Times