Such a great and nuanced comment Noah! You explained why I think populism gets written off as a dirty word today. I wonder if there's a better term to describe the distortion of populism by demagogues. Maybe this would help people discern the difference between the populism described by Jefferson and the faux-populist rhetoric used by th…
Such a great and nuanced comment Noah! You explained why I think populism gets written off as a dirty word today. I wonder if there's a better term to describe the distortion of populism by demagogues. Maybe this would help people discern the difference between the populism described by Jefferson and the faux-populist rhetoric used by those ultimately seeking the opposite of populism.
Also, I totally forgot about how Bernie supporters were smeared as sexists when he ran! Wow, really makes it clear how much that move is just part of a propaganda playbook.
Such a great and nuanced comment Noah! You explained why I think populism gets written off as a dirty word today. I wonder if there's a better term to describe the distortion of populism by demagogues. Maybe this would help people discern the difference between the populism described by Jefferson and the faux-populist rhetoric used by those ultimately seeking the opposite of populism.
Also, I totally forgot about how Bernie supporters were smeared as sexists when he ran! Wow, really makes it clear how much that move is just part of a propaganda playbook.