“The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.”
Karl Kraus, Austrian, journalist, 1874-1936
“The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.”
Art of Quotation 
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one called trump, comes to mind…though calling him a demagogue, might be overstating it a bit…
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Thanks for the visit and comment Elisabeth
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Reblogged this on Leonard Durso and commented:
another from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
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Hi Leonard and thanks. I had a feeling you might like this one!
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Yes, very, very appropriate. Thanks, Douglas.
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so potently true, ouch
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I’ve ordered you a psychic bandaid a la Amazon Prime 2-hour-delivery!
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hm
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