The 21st
century populist challenge to meritocracy
Ross Douhzg,
in his New York Times column of 12 for fresh 15/2018 …… Here, I examine the
grounds for the rise of a populist and then consider the chances for the
survival of dem I ocratic meritocracy in America. The worldwide spread of electronic technology
has created problems that the elites have not been able to sufficiently solve
within the framework of the global order created by and dominated by the United
States , in which nations can pursue their self-interests safely. The elites,
who are trusted to run the world, are therefore mostly improvising while considering possible alternate orders.
Just as passengers on a boat steered by an obviously improvising captain feel increasing anxiety, so,by time of
the 2008 presidential campaign, a critical number of Americans felt great anxiety. Both Barack Obama and John McCain,
responsible patriots, sensed this anxiety and knew that anxiety is a breeding
ground for a populist demagogue. Tthey kept cool throughout the campaign
until in the last debate during which Sen. McCain seeing that he was heading
for a loss. Launched a savage attack,
which was overcome by Sen. Obama’s counterattack. In New York State, a populist
campaigned I got like the you when we want and how much, is a check today all
the way all the way to for the governorship, but he was so ill-prepared that he
was laughed off the scene. The successful populist was, of course, Donald J.
Trump, who campaigned solely on his self proclaimed ability to solve all
problems ignoring the “swamp” of established elites. He is, of course, just another member
of the elite class and knew well that there were strong limits on what he could
accomplish without the cooperation of the “swamp”
Meanwhile,
in Guatemala , for example, the percentage of people living in misery hasnbeen very
much greater than the percentage of
such. In the United States. This is not new; however, new communication
technology has enabled many of the miserable be willing to risk their miserable
lives in trying to come to live here. This wave of attempted migration and
similar waves if other relatively well-off countries has led to real or
imagined destabilization in the host countries, increasing the general anxiety
and support for would be populist leaders. Are there any elected populist
leaders who have maintained full democracy and carried a nation to sufficient
prosperity and peace? If so, they are few, whereas strong men or one party countries
have achieved more of these, at the expense of democracy.
Pres. Trump
may or notbe reelected, and at the end of his tenure the effects of his leadership
will be debated (probably noisily). In any case, it seems very unlikely that he
will be followed in office by an other would be- populist. This is especially
so given that the Democrat candidate
whom he defeated,
Secretary of State Clinton, although virtuously and wisely campaigning as a grandmother soothing the agitation populace,
was vilified by her own campaign manager and staff in a conversation public leaked,
had from the start been more unpopular than Mr. Trump, and had only with a show
of reluctance, ??gated to her strongest base, organized labor.
Mr. Douthat reports
…..It would take international developments extremely negative Americans to persuade us to discard democracy
or for it offer is to be overthrown.
Some, including An air Peer-E, Pastor of District 1 of the Family Federation
for World Have unification and World Peace (a position functionally similar to
that of a Superintendent in the United Methodist Church) I worried that China,
run by a strong man with an extensive one party apparatus at his disposal will
become so economically strong, at the extent human rights, so impact America.
Meanwhile, as some, maybe significant third parties such as delete all-rights
or so-called socialist (actively advocating huge parental government, and the
spacer event people’s anger and wish they had channeled their anxiety however,
emerging threats will continue to be as subtle, although not complacently,
probably,, third party…..p[
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