Title, i know he was basically the only southner politician from the first half of the 20th century that wasnt an rascist, and he was an pretty famous populist.
Intellectuals of (not just) America always wrote extensively of the dangers of popularism, be it about politicians inside or outside US. They act like they are talking about Trump, hell no. The Hueys, Allandes, Chavez were their target. These populists jeprordize the perfect democracy of the elites. Caesar was the despotic populist, his killers was the democracy loving angels. These myths are written and rewritten again and again.