#Populist

1/5 Interesting, yet insufficient, angle from Ted Cruz. Conservatives can become stewards of the working class, but it won't happen through the libertarian paranoia of government. In every functional political

Populism has nothing to do with the Left vs Right axis. Populism is all about the form of messaging. Populism is based on simplifying politics and appealing to people’s chaotic

1. Hello twitter. I've written a new book. The subject is populism. And: the people who hate populism. The recurring conflict between these two poles of our political life. 2.

I’m not even sure populists will have to make that argument to succeed. Our economies are crashing, millions of people will lose their jobs. That alone will be a big

When you hear “make America great again” you might think of a right wing Trump-supporting populist justifying all sorts of social ills. But we think things are a bit more

The populist left has an extremely myopic and uninformed view of the American electorate. They believe (incorrectly) that a majority of Americans support progressive policies and that once a sufficiently

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

“Politicians, like priests, will always make their easiest converts among “the weak, the unlucky, the resentful, the fearful and the poor”. We should care for these people, of course we

Something you almost never hear/read, but is nevertheless true: the average UK worker pays less tax on their wages than workers anywhere else in Europe (with the sole exception of

©️as Mudde 😷

This is a funny insight into #medialogic but, unfortunately, the consequence are not so funny. #Thread https://twitter.com/damongreenITV/status/1194965615599144961 1. Mainstream media are not representing "vox pop" -- which are obviously pl

Scott Moore 💛

Reminder: Hitler didn’t win power in a revolution.He was elected as a right-wing populist on a minority - but won the necessary two-thirds support from other right-wingers, conservatives and nationalists

Goy Division/Jew Order

Trump/GOP will never actually outflank the Dems on the left. It won’t ever happen. But if the Dems don’t have bold, clear left policies Trump/GOP can use the media to

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Michael R. Strain

THREAD. Vice President Biden's campaign further shows that economic nationalism has bipartisan appeal. It’s also a threat to recovery and prosperity.My latest Bloomberg column: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-14/bid

In 1912, poet Antonio Machado warned about "the two Spains." In 2020, his prophetic words are as true as ever. Some simple-minded folks think this is a battle of left

Mattia Zulianello ⚡🦁

Are populist parties (still) challengers?I've just read the umpteenth article considering (almost all) populist parties as challenger parties. This conclusion is disconfirmed by empirical reality and is grounded on this

A thread on populism because apparently no one knows what it is /1 Populism sees "the people" as a homogenous group who is inherently good fighting against "the elite" or