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Hans Jorgensen's avatar

I am from Minnesota, where populists like Hubert Humphrey and Paul Wellstone worked effectively and built coalitions across the state, where Arne Carlson and Elmer Anderson could work with people of different parties. There are dangers with populism, but there are huge opportunities too. That's where checks and balances come in.

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John Polonis's avatar

Thanks, Hans. Certainly some good examples of populism, but fear for the reasons I described in this essay that our modern era is not one of them.

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Dick Dowdell's avatar

A must read for American voters.

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John Polonis's avatar

Thank you, Dick!

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Dave Volek's avatar

I wanted to highlight quite a few lines here. SS doesn't have this feature.

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