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Demagoguery Hague, Frank (1876–1956) corrupt mayor of Jersey City, N. J., for 30 years. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1173] (1893–1935) infamous “Kingfish” of Louisiana politics. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1607] (1872–1945) political boss in Kansas City, Mo.: convicted of income tax evasions. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2096] (1452–1498) rabble-rousing bane of Renaissance Florence. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 141–142, 166–167] rises to top as graft-dealing political boss. [Am. Lit.: All the King’s Men] (1823–1878) powerful Tammany Hall leader in New York City. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2810] |
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| Any attempt to stifle market forces would be pure populist demagogy and misguided public policy. Class terminology, regional culture and the terms Proto-Fascism, Folkism, Demagogy or Populism have very frequently been used to explain this continuity in these and other regions from (National) Liberalism to National-Socialism. They are historically difficult to mobilize behind a common national vision, and no Yoshida Shigeru or Konrad Adenaner can be expected to emerge from a ruling class that inclines toward demagogy and corruption. |
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