Lucy Allan MP: "The biggest threat to our democracy was the period 2016-2019, when elected representatives were doing their utmost to thwart Brexit & block THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE."
37% of the *electorate* voted Leave.
Excerpt from a 1932 article on Fascism by Benito Mussolini:
37% of the *electorate* voted Leave.
Excerpt from a 1932 article on Fascism by Benito Mussolini:
Strong emotions distort "the will of the people".
This is why dictators like Hitler & Mussolini - & other politicians, journalists & broadcasters - make strong emotional rather than rational appeals to the electorate: emotion - especially fear - nearly always trumps rationality.
This is why dictators like Hitler & Mussolini - & other politicians, journalists & broadcasters - make strong emotional rather than rational appeals to the electorate: emotion - especially fear - nearly always trumps rationality.
Claiming certain individuals or groups are 'blocking the will of the people' - even though this "will" is nearly always based on the wishes of a small minority of the electorate - is powerful & dangerous rhetoric, as it falsely positions them as treacherous unpatriotic heretics.
Let's learn from history how to AVOID rather than implement corrupt antidemocratic authoritarianism.
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