tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post1279660566469966629..comments2024-03-23T08:00:26.020+00:00Comments on THE MONARCHIST: Type 5: "Populist"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-52127328750458312042008-03-28T15:19:00.000+00:002008-03-28T15:19:00.000+00:00Napoleon I has figured in both the "Type 1" Classi...Napoleon I has figured in both the "Type 1" Classic Imperialist category as a practitioner, and in this category. I don't think the Emperor works as a populist on any but the most superficial level: if anything he was a reaction to the Left Populism of the French Revolution -- he ended the revolution. He did not claim to act so much for the "people" -- that was the nostrum of the revolutionaries -- but on behalf of the nation. Far from championing the "people" against the "elites," he created new elites. Had it not been for the wars, his regime might well have lasted, and successfully reconciled monarchial forms with the changes brought by the revolution (much as Louis-Philippe I tried to do later).El Jefe Maximohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-23123035471472514232008-03-28T18:16:00.000+00:002008-03-28T18:16:00.000+00:00You're right that Bonapartism is a superficial pop...You're right that Bonapartism is a superficial populism and nothing more than a patriotic indulgence of the French. I was thinking more of Napolean II here, but perhaps it would be better to take it out altogether. It does serve as a useful example of the different kinds of populism though.Beaverbrooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-17196493764723790972008-03-29T00:30:00.000+00:002008-03-29T00:30:00.000+00:00You mean Napoleon III I presume, as Napoleon II di...You mean Napoleon III I presume, as Napoleon II died young and never held any position of power after his short stint at King of Rome as a child.Lord Besthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08505734600505832039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-34507826092840650672008-03-29T07:40:00.000+00:002008-03-29T07:40:00.000+00:00Oops. That's right.Oops. That's right.Beaverbrooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-74210569808072108912008-03-31T15:15:00.000+01:002008-03-31T15:15:00.000+01:00The Queen has 17 billion quid. She is greedy. Thin...The Queen has 17 billion quid. She is greedy. Think of all the poor who could be saved with that cash.dirty european socialisthttp://dirtyeuropeansocialist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com