| He means a cage in that your influence is constrained, you cannot penetrate the rights of others. Populism allows the majority to violate the rights of others, so therefore it is the "fasces" that extends your influence beyond that of yourself. Libertarianism is also a cage like a shark cage is one, it protects you from other's influence.
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.”
-Albert Einstein |