The rise of populism does not offer serious solutions to the real challenges that exist across the world, but a band-aid that carries the risk of future chaos.
How is it that “populism” has become so rampant in so many countries these days with leaders destroying democracies and yet claiming, falsely, that they are ensuring democracy in their countries?
When there are no restraints on what the government can do, the road will be open to “adjustments” (tricks) and “reforms” (schemes and conspiracies) in the electoral process.
The investigations on corruption charges, and his subsequent trial, further pushed Netanyahu toward populist extremes.
A regime – no matter what its name – that does not define human dignity as its supreme value is not just undemocratic and illiberal, it is also inhuman.
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