EPopulism is the triumph of noise. And in a certain way it is the grave that the traditional political parties themselves dig for themselves thanks to their lukewarmness, their half-truths, their corruption, their post-truth, their interference in other powers and even in the fourth estate and their statistical figures interested in the who pretend to play trileros with the people.
The people are not only sovereign, they are also wise and informed. When the people decide that they do not want to be deceived again, they embrace populism. «At least these speak clearly»… Yes, Hitler also spoke clearly. From the bad to the worst.
In this book Against populism we are presented with the keys to understanding the reasons that cause this wave of populist parties.
In general, History already points out that every severe economic crisis ends up leading to war as the last phase after the empowerment of enlightened and messiahs who sell hope to a people massacred by capitalism that has already reigned since the world became world.
For all this it gives a certain panic, vertigo, to look at reality and think that History is preparing us for a war scenario again.
There is always hope, you can always learn. Despite the fact that man is the only being who stumbles twice on the same stone, that rectification could occur in time, that political commitment to regain dignity in institutions and parliaments, eradicating so many thieves who occupy seats.
You can now buy the book Against Populism, the latest by José María Lassalle, here: