Populism: A challenge can not be ignored

Also known as the populist populist history, there have been manifested in many forms, and its basic spirit is the ground against the authority, do not hesitate to use any means to safeguard the interests of civilians. In Russia in the 19th century, the populists populist behalf of the interests of the petty bourgeoisie, the essence of the people itself, the slogan "to the private sector to attempt to launch peasants to overthrow the tsarist system. They deny the necessity of political struggle, and advocate the adoption of personal terror tactics. This trend and its practice is detrimental to the Russian Revolution. Russian Marxist Lenin had a resolute struggle against the same populist populist shattered the ideological and theoretical.
Populist advocate "people first", which makes it and democracy have certain similarities people mistaken populist democracy advocates, advancing. However, populism in safeguarding the interests of "the people" to the extreme, the practical result is to harm the fundamental interests of the masses. Populist revolutionaries face in the revolutionary era, to pay unnecessary sacrifice, not only so that the masses of the people, but also the revolutionary movement to go astray. In peace-building era of populism often become the tools of the theory of some provoking the public confrontation with the Government.
At present, China is in a critical period of the modernization and national rejuvenation Albert, society as a whole faces unprecedented dramatic changes, restructuring, complex social contradictions rare in the world, coupled with the low quality of some government officials, poor, bound to be some damage to the public interest in the matter. This populist popular social basis. Thus, a number of people for a variety of motives or true safeguard the interests of the people, or famous for personal fame and fortune, itself public opinion spokesperson, encouraged the public confrontation with the government, even extreme measures to interfere with the social stability and economic development. Economic development, social stability, it is the people's fundamental interests lie. Development not enjoy even the most basic material life of the masses, not to mention the cultural and spiritual life, political rights, human dignity, even if there is also undermined. Seek development, you need to have a stable social and political environment. Of course, stability does not mean turning a blind eye to the phenomenon of the reality hurt people's livelihood, and the divide between rich and poor which is a problem that must be addressed in the social development, but a tool to resolve not to "overthrow everything, but the rule of law track and orderly manner.
Populism in contemporary China signs a development is the same confluence of nationalism. Some time ago due to Japan's Noda regime the domestic protests triggered by the Diaoyu Islands "nationalization", reflected in the fact that such signs. Some people the name of patriotism, accusing him of populism, due to violence, not only Japanese products suffer, even the use of the product of the Japanese people are also victims. What is more, some people like to take this opportunity to vandalism, scratch innocent. This distressing things so that people with a conscience, some people's quality needs to be improved of course, is the major source of populist impact also can not be discounted. This time, populism is actually nationalism emerged as the famous American political scientist Joseph Nye calls "with populist nationalism.
If nationalism is just to love their country and nation, and that nothing to reproach. This nationalism, in fact synonymous patriotism. However, if you go to the extreme nationalistic emotional alienation into love their nation to hate other nations, it is of extreme nationalism. As in mainstream political terms, in today's world, nationalism often takes the form of extreme nationalism, nationalism has almost become a derogatory term. The colonel's daughter, the novelist Richard Ireland Huntington wrote: "Patriotism is a positive sense of responsibility. Nationalism shallow cock crowed an own dunghill." France President Charles de Gaulle once said: "Patriotism is when love of your own people to rise to a; nationalism, when hate people and not hate yourself rise to a" great scientist Albert Einstein had the following comment: "Nationalism is an immature disease it is human cysticercosis.
Put on the cloak of nationalism, populism and more confusing. Signs, easily recognized by the public in order to safeguard the interests of the nation, the state, opponents are often reluctant to be labeled a traitor big hat, and had no choice but to silence government control irrational behavior must be more cautious, even dare as.
Populism has become today's China, harm, and heavier trend, governance must be carried out. Ideological and theoretical circles should increase the intensity of critical populist critique of Russian populists like Lenin, let it emerged in China's vast ugly prototype. Irrational behavior of populism, the Government shall, in accordance with the law of the land and government discipline severely punished. At the same time, we must also be vigilant populist opinion and behavior. Most importantly, We will solve the problem of people's livelihood, the Citizens eradicate the breeding of populism, the spread of the social soil.