All over the world, the real battle is populism versus pluralism

In his address to the nation last Wednesday night, President Biden declared that America was at an “inflection point,” at which people would have “to choose between moving forward or backward, between hope and hate, between unity and division.” 

He might have added that the entire Western world stands at the same “rare moment in history.”  

Biden was referring to the growing threat of populism, which has been on the rise in Europe and the United States for several years. 

Like most political ideologies...