<div>Demagogues thrive if moderate politicians flatter citizens into an unrealistic sense of their own greatness. Read by Leighton Pugh. 
 
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Demagogues thrive if moderate politicians flatter citizens into an unrealistic sense of their own greatness. Read by Leighton Pugh. Credit: The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

Demagogues thrive if moderate politicians flatter citizens into an unrealistic sense of their own greatness. Read by Leighton Pugh. 
 
Credit: <a href="https://www.alamy.com/search/imageresults.aspx?pseudoid=%7b3BFFF4BE-75E7-4303-BBFD-C0B79962921D%7d&amp;name=The%2bPicture%2bArt%2bCollection&amp;st=11&amp;mode=0&amp;comp=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Picture Art Collection</a> / Alamy Stock Photo

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