oh yeah no it wasn't material conditions of mass poverty/exploitation and general loss of faith in current governance to solve the systemic issues underlying society it was the Great Man that did the thing ooo the big spooky great man ooooo
final assignment in this class thank fucking god
Where actually is this true even within liberal ideology?
Like look at the classic "authoritarian" states, when is this true?
Is Tsar Nicholas or Kerensky populist leaders?
Which Weimar leader is a populist before Hitler?
Was the Italian king a populist leader before Mussolini? Or Luigi Facta?
It's true selectively against any leader they don't like