Popularism: When Mass Instincts Defeat National Strategy
Well-trained and well-educated politicians must make decisions based on long-term strategy and planning, not on the short-term policies that are popular with the masses.
Published a new page on popularism. Popularism is the effect of uninformed mass opinion on governance. Popularist slogans are often catchy policies based on simple one-line policies that do not have a proper depth of research. The solution to popularism is to ensure the politicians are professional, well-trained, well-educated, and that they are not afraid to engage in long-term strategy that is unpopular in the short term.
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