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Originally Posted by julianh72
In my opinion, you can't hold up the results of the last federal election as an example of "people power" prevailing over "big bad government" - they are almost the worst possible outcome, as far as good stable, responsible government is concerned. (Not as bad as the possibility of Donald Trump becoming POTUS, but a close second!)
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It is people power in the sense that the voters are forcing a particular outcome, even if that results in jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
As governments become more corrupt and less representative, the people flail about looking for something better. If things get bad enough extremists get elected to power because voters don't know what else they can do - they just know they want to get rid of what they've got.