Summary: <p>You might be worried that in the US and Western Europe, there are some pretty scary folks that are getting pretty popular. Those folks--who appeal to our fears and hatred to get power--are called demagogues. We've seen them throughout history, from the very first Democracy--Athens--up through today. Xander and Erik give a brief history of demagogues throughout history to show that we've seen this story before... and then we have a good conversation about what to do when we see demagoguery creeping in. </p> Direct Sources <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Peloponnesian War</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Demagogue" Wikipedia Page</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Tribes-Emotion-Reason-Between/dp/0143126059" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joshua Greene's<b> Moral Tribes</b></a></li> <li> </ul>
