07-01-2016, 11:55 AM
(07-01-2016, 11:45 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: The difference being that a populist seeks political power to work for the good of the average citizen. A demagogue claims the same motivation, but is truly only interested in aggrandizing himself.
This is not correct, IMO. What makes a person a demagogue is not their motivation, a demagogue can have a perfectly selfless motivation, what makes a person a demagogue is whipping up hysteria and spouting conspiracy theories in order to incite the population into an rage
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