February 24, 2010
How Do You See The Populists? Could They Have Succeeded In Implementing Their Political And Economic Goals?
Some historians see the Populists as the last genuine, grassroots democratic movement in U.S. history, a group whose efforts set the tone (and influenced the agenda) of many later reform movements. Others portray them as outdated and out of touch with an increasingly industrial society; small farmers who thought of themselves as the yeoman farmers that Thomas Jefferson idealized and who believed that agriculture was the backbone of the nation’s economy. How do you see the Populists? Could they have succeeded in implementing their political and economic goals?
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Comments on How Do You See The Populists? Could They Have Succeeded In Implementing Their Political And Economic Goals?
Populist is a very relative term. Whatever the needs of the masses are is the populist agenda. Success in implementing envisioned political and economic goals hinges on their ability to fight off those who would like to maintain their success in the status quot. Peasant’s Revolts and conflicts between the Plebs and Patricians are common in history but obviously Populists gaining control is always difficult.