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Just A Box Of Rain

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13. You have offered up a very insufficient definition of "populism" that obscures it's true nature

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #12)

Sun Nov 13, 2022, 07:52 PM

Nov 2022

and would get a laugh from any political scientist.

Populism is an ideology that puts all the blame for a society's woes on a small segment of a populace--making "the other" a scapegoat for all "the people's" problems. And then firing up the rage of "the people" against the Jews, the Mexicans, or whoever.

Populist movements never turn out well.

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I want a bloody Republican civil war. Yavin4 Nov 2022 #4

Agree with that sentence for sure. Hortensis Nov 2022 #3

You have put my thoughts into words. Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #5

Populism is not the beast, Uncle Joe Nov 2022 #6

No, populism is most definitely the problem. Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #8

It's not a question as to whether Liberal Democrats or anyone else for that matter can address Uncle Joe Nov 2022 #12

You have offered up a very insufficient definition of "populism" that obscures it's true nature Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #13

How do you feel about Predatory Capitalism? Emile Nov 2022 #15

I believe you're speaking about fascism Uncle Joe Nov 2022 #16

Fascism is right-wing populism. Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #17

Populism is " the people " surviving and thriving as opposed to the "elite " questionseverything Nov 2022 #9

Every populist movement has their own ideas about which people are really "people." Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #10

Not really questionseverything Nov 2022 #11

I feel the same way as Bernie! Emile Nov 2022 #7

Part of me Corgigal Nov 2022 #14