Populism flatters the people, contrasting their virtue with the alleged vices of some minority -- in other times, Jews or railroad owners or hard-money advocates; today, the villain is "Wall Street greed," which is contrasted with the supposed sobriety of "Main Street."
Conservative columnist George Will, "A Vote Against Rashness," Washington Post, Wednesday, October 1.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Minority Vices
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