Comment by colechristensen

Checks and balances were supposed to use this greed for power in opposing parties and roles to keep this in check. It worked fairly well for a long time (as best as could be, not perfect mind you) but now we're in a bit of a hole where power comes from getting the largest number of people to react emotionally to the "opposition" which is real but also an exaggeration and intentionally misunderstood.

What are the checks and balances on demagoguery? I actually don't know.