Francis Fukuyama’s Fever Dream Thirty years ago an American Political Scientist named Francis Fukuyama declared, without irony, that history had come to
Apr 27th, 2021
Populism, whether on the left or right, is premised on an attempt to exclude one’s political opponents from the “real” body politic. Liberal pluralism offers a better way forward.
Andy Craig is a staff writer at the Cato Institute, where he is the associate editor of
Cato Policy Report. Prior to joining Cato in 2018, he worked as a campaign consultant and writer for Gov. Gary Johnson, and studied political science at Hendrix College.
Authoritarian populism on the left and right is fueled by a deceptively effective trick of rhetoric and ideology. It’s an easy game to play, endemic to our political discourse, and being outnumbered is no obstacle. All it takes is being able to identify some group in society who mostly share one’s own policy preferences. Then proclaim that this group is the