The empirical phenomenon of populism first appeared in Russia in the 1940s of 19. Russian intellectuals and farmers launched a civilian movement with the slogan of demanding land rights reform. Later, farmers in the western United States launched a populist movement against local governments, and there were also populist movements led by populist leaders and political parties in Europe and America. This phenomenon reached its peak with the establishment of populist regimes in Latin American countries and the populist leaders taking power in many countries.

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On the surface, populism takes the people as the core, but in fact it lacks the concept of citizens' personal dignity and basic rights. Populists worship the people, but they worship the people as an abstract whole, but they are extremely contemptuous of the specific people who make up the people.

People can define populism as an ideology. According to this ideology, legitimacy lies in the will of the people, which embodies the radical democratic ideal. This populism corresponds to direct democracy and is characterized by democratic extremism.

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