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Making self-interest seem normal and a commitment to fairness an elite aberration has been a long-term project.
In late 2015, 200,000 refugees a month were arriving on the Greek island of Lesvos. Tasos Markou went there to photograph their plight - and ended up joining the locals to help the new arrivals.
Populist leaders not only attack the institutions of global capital, they also disregard the checks and balances of institutional democracy.
There has been much attention paid to the widespread resurgence of populism. Restorationism in Western democracies is a subset of this.
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Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
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