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Populism,
Is It Properly
Used?
ByKangYoung-joon
ReporterofTheory&CritiqueSection
eople’s interest in free school meals has increased since Kwak No-hyun, Seoul superintendent
of education, and Kim Sang-gon, Gyeonggi superintendent of education, pledged to provide free
school meals and was elected. Recently, with several issues resulting from such free welfare
promises such as ‘the inhabitants’ poll on the scope of free school meal’ implemented by Oh Se-hoon,
former mayor of Seoul, and ‘Half Price Tuition protest’ arisen, the mass media criticized free welfare as
populism.These media reports make one wonder if populism is properly used in Korean political life.
Gracchus. They carried out policies such as giving civil land
WhatIsPopulism?
andcheaplysellingcornforwinningsupport.
Populism is a form of political organization. Politicians
People’s Party in America originated the term ‘populism.’
make use of it for accomplishing political goals while only
The party insisted policies such as a progressive income tax,
considering the general public’s demand because of the
governmentregulationsontransportationandcommunication,
proposal’spopularitywithoutconsideringoriginalobjectsofa
and a ban on collusion among mega-corporations. They tried
policysuchasthepolicy’spossiblereality,relatedvaluejudge
to protect right of small farmers and skilled manual workers.
mentandtellingrightfromwrong.
Since they called themselves populist, individuals who tries
The concept of populism originates from ancient Rome, the
to protect right of neglected class of people are often called
Grabchus’ reformation. The Gracchi were tribunes consisting
populists,andaformofpoliticalorganizationinsistingpolicies
of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Gaius Sempronius
forthepubliciscalledpopulismsincethen.
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