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What's certain is that populists stand out by insisting they alone represent the will of the people, dismissing any criticism as an attack on the people and therefore illegitimate. That helps explain why populists, once in power, quickly bump up against democratic checks and balances — in particular the courts and media — that were designed to limit what governments can do

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