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For 2,300 years , at least since Plato’s Republic , philosophers have known how demagogues and aspiring tyrants win democratic elections.
The process is straightforward, and we have now just watched it play out. In a democracy, anyone is free to run for office, including people who are unsuitable to lead or preside over the institutions of government. Plato regarded ordinary people as being easily controlled by their emotions.
Donald Trump won the US presidential election decisively winning some three million more votes than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris .
Working-class voters effectively get to have their cake and eat it, expressing conservative moral preferences while relying on Democrats to fight for their basic economic security.
The best strategy for Democrats now will be to permit voters to face the consequences of their choice.
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