Mayoría de votantes, minoría del pueblo
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2020-07
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En este artículo el soberanismo, como parte del populismo, se define por la combinación
de tres factores. Primero, por la reducción del “pueblo”, como autor de la Constitución
y titular de la soberanía, al electorado. Segundo, por la atribución de un poder
constituyente, entendido como el poder de reescribir las reglas del juego político, al electorado.
Tercero, por el supuesto de que existe una interpretación única del interés general
del pueblo reducido a un electorado y que está justificada la intolerancia hacia fuerzas
políticas que se oponen. Contribuyen al impresionante caudal del río soberanista populista
tres afluentes insospechados, arraigados en nuestra cultura política, no directamente
relacionados con el populismo.
In this article populist sovereignism is defined by the combination of three constituent elements of the notion of “the people”. First, as authors of the Constitution it reduces the people to a mere electorate. Second, attributing to it a constituent power, understood as the power to rewrite the rules of the political game, also reduces the people to a mere electorate. Third, the assumption that one and only one correct interpretation exists of the general interest of the people, again reduced to the voters, and thus justifying the intolerance vis-à- vis its opponents. Although not directly related to populism, these three elements rooted in our political culture contribute to the impressive flow of populist sovereignism.
In this article populist sovereignism is defined by the combination of three constituent elements of the notion of “the people”. First, as authors of the Constitution it reduces the people to a mere electorate. Second, attributing to it a constituent power, understood as the power to rewrite the rules of the political game, also reduces the people to a mere electorate. Third, the assumption that one and only one correct interpretation exists of the general interest of the people, again reduced to the voters, and thus justifying the intolerance vis-à- vis its opponents. Although not directly related to populism, these three elements rooted in our political culture contribute to the impressive flow of populist sovereignism.
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Populismo, Soberanismo, Electorado, Democracia, Populism, Electorate, Democracy