Populism

Keywords: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

• Opportunism  Different factions of common social
• Politics interests.
• Leader  Political corruption I decrease the
• Handling confidence of the town, so the
• Liberal democracy citizens looked for a new leader to
• Citizens put as a priority needs of these.
• Emotion  Rule of law and protection of rights
• Deceive minorities.
• Modern populism  If most of the citizens felt that their
• Rights they had no interests importance
• Society were in the authority to vote the
• Democracy leader
• Power  Helps bring stability.
• Status
• Conflict POPULISM
• Community  These are usually people
• Needs charismatic
• Corruption  They are identified by “The will of
• Interest the town"
• Charismatic
 They make false promises
• Promises
 They manipulate opportunistically
 They blame their superiors for
break the country, in order to
manipulate to the citizens

At the beginning of the video he talks about how Andreas Papandreú accused those
who they were in the power of "traitors to the fatherland", after that Papandreú. He
promised to rule ordinary people above things. Also speak on how after World War II,
countries wanted to get away from the totalitarian ideas, so they looked for a new
political system that had individual and social rights, respect the rule of law, so came to
the conclusion of a "Liberal Democracy" in which three stood out.

fundamental rules, which are:

Accept society is made up of cross-cutting divisions that generate conflict, having
different factions that find common interests, and lastly, be a state of right and
protection of the rights of minorities. This characterized a diverse, democratic and
functional society.

Finally, populism puts the needs of citizens above, making promises and blaming
his superiors for breaking up the country, thus arriving to opportunistically
manipulating their voters.