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Just A Box Of Rain

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17. Fascism is right-wing populism.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #16)

Sun Nov 13, 2022, 08:01 PM

Nov 2022

Pro tip: getting a political education (or definitions of political ideologies) from a dictionary is a very bad idea.

I studied Populism in depth as a university student (and since). As have many serious political thinkers. It is NOT at all well-described by the "dictionary" above.

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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

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