The Anonymous
Bag On My Head
Unsurprisingly, many Americans have been inspired by his example and have taken to heart his gospel of the will.
His commitment to sleepless, unceasing action wasn’t just his personal code. It was also his political program.
In light of all this, it’s hardly surprising that the populist-nationalist wing of the Republican Party has picked him to be their mascot.
Populism, as we learn from Shakespeare, is a mutually reinforcing dialectic that takes place between Caesar and the masses.
It requires a charismatic leader to channel and champion the desires of the people. This relationship, when successful, tends to enervate mediating institutions that thwart the immediate desires of both the populist leader and the public. No successful populist movement in political history has ever had more than one leader at its head. That isn’t an accident. Introduce plurality into the leadership and you would introduce a potential establishment.
https://tinyurl.com/4crjejhb
His commitment to sleepless, unceasing action wasn’t just his personal code. It was also his political program.
In light of all this, it’s hardly surprising that the populist-nationalist wing of the Republican Party has picked him to be their mascot.
Populism, as we learn from Shakespeare, is a mutually reinforcing dialectic that takes place between Caesar and the masses.
It requires a charismatic leader to channel and champion the desires of the people. This relationship, when successful, tends to enervate mediating institutions that thwart the immediate desires of both the populist leader and the public. No successful populist movement in political history has ever had more than one leader at its head. That isn’t an accident. Introduce plurality into the leadership and you would introduce a potential establishment.
https://tinyurl.com/4crjejhb
