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Newsflash: Populism is popular
David Sirota,
Creators Syndicate Inc.
Friday, April 24, 2009
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Promoting a nation for the people and by the people.
About the Manifesto
The Populist Manifesto is an ongoing project to educate the American People about their proper role in government. We are a nation that derives governmental authority from the people. Currently, powerful organizations and people displace the will and voice of the people for their own benefit and to the detriment of the American People. This must change and that is what I seek to do here. Together, we can bring the voice of the people to the halls of government.
Definition of Terms
Populism: belief in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people.
Elitism: leadership or rule by an elite.
The People: the collective body of American citizens as distinguished from society's elite; i.e. the common people.
Populace: the common people.
Democracy: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.
Plutocracy: Rule by the wealthy.
Oligarchy: a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, military might, or religious hegemony.
Plutarchy: A system of rule that is a combination of a plutocracy and an oligarchy; governance by a small elite of wealthy individuals.
Republic: a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law.
Franchise: a constitutional or statutory right or privilege; especially : the right to vote. Also: Sovereign Franchise.
Elitism: leadership or rule by an elite.
The People: the collective body of American citizens as distinguished from society's elite; i.e. the common people.
Populace: the common people.
Democracy: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.
Plutocracy: Rule by the wealthy.
Oligarchy: a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, military might, or religious hegemony.
Plutarchy: A system of rule that is a combination of a plutocracy and an oligarchy; governance by a small elite of wealthy individuals.
Republic: a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law.
Franchise: a constitutional or statutory right or privilege; especially : the right to vote. Also: Sovereign Franchise.
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