Source: Libertarian Institute
by Oscar Grau
“Seen from populism, the traditional political parties cease to be representative of the people, for they have proven that their true goal is to maintain their own dominance for their own interests. Hence the recurrent emergence of new populist leaders, sometimes alien to political life, who break with partisan customs and confront the established political authorities. Often, the emergence of newcomers expresses popular weariness. Nonetheless, even more often, the term ‘populism’ is used to obscure all kinds of criticism, or is rejected by those considered populists. Then, the term becomes increasingly vague and futile for any sensible analysis. And yet, though the ruling elites often denounce populism as a bad thing, while viewing democracy as always good, populist movements are commonplace and are not much more than a recurrent phenomenon of democracy itself.” (07/02/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/on-applying-rothbardian-populism