The pitch of populist demagogues is always "The country is going to hell, and only I can save it." So one of the best ways to undermine them is to pu… - Paul Graham

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The pitch of populist demagogues is always "The country is going to hell, and only I can save it." So one of the best ways to undermine them is to publish evidence that things are getting better, not worse.

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About Paul Graham

Paul Graham (born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.

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