Submitted by christian on Fri, 01/29/2016 - 15:36
Radical populist discourses undermine the quality of the public debate by proposing poor reasoning and black-and white arguments to the disillusioned electorate. Using their charisma, their rhetorical skills and new social media, they have oversimplified complex societal issues, divided social groups and propose complete demagogical solutions.
Defenders of democracy have a great role to play here to keep on educating and warning citizens on damages caused by radical populist movements, especially the simplification of complex issues into 'us' vs. 'them'.
