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Old 29-04-2008, 09:40 PM   #87 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mkpdavies View Post
It certainly does have a "populist" element to it, in the form of Direct Democracy.
There is a huge difference the two concepts you mention...

Peron and Galtieri, for example, were both populists. (Indeed, Peron, it might be argued, defined the term). Both were also classical fascists. Not much evidence of pluralism, or "direct democracy" there.
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