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Modern populist authoritarianism is a political ideology that uses the rhetoric of nationalism, populism, and right-wing politics.

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Origins
At the May 1967 conference "To Define Populism" held at the London School of Economics, Isaiah Berlin said that populism identified a "true people" who have been "damaged by an elite, whether economic, political, or racial, some kind of secret or open enemy."

Evolution
Populist presidents of Venezuela and [[Ecuador—[[Chavez and [[Correa—have been characterised by some writers as [[authoritarian. Steven Levitsky Right-wing populism Radical right-wing populist "nationalism, is a political ideology which combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes. Its rhetoric employs anti-elitist sentiments, opposition"

Threat to liberal democracy
In her 2020 book, Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum on the decline of democracy and the rise of right-wing populism with authoritarian tendencies described how some are attracted to nationalism and autocracy.