#Populism

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

The point of observing that people like Josh Hawley are doing faux economic populism is not that they are *sincere*; it's that, because most of the Democratic Party so nakedly

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.

Prof Francois Balloux

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It's been now slightly over two months that I decided to dedicate some of my time to inform the public on #COVID19 and try to fight disinformation. It feels like

Michael R. Strain

14/ In other words, 86 percent of today’s 40-somethings who were raised in the bottom 20 percent have higher incomes than their parents did when the parents were in their

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

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

Here's a fun read (pdf) that helps explains why Critical Social Justice and MAGA aren't all that different. They're both critical theories, just with opposite goals.http://rothbard.altervista.org/articles/right-wing-populism.pdf Excerpt,

Today, contemplating what to me is a dispiriting political scene in America, I've been thinking of Dinesh D'Souza. He said something brilliantly insightful in conversation with me several years ago.

Joshua Hockley-Still

Thoughts on #Labour leadership - the big angle is clearly a defeat for Corbyn and the left. But it doesn’t really matter that starmer is a ‘moderate’ - left-right divides

James Pethokoukis

A short thread: Why the *reality" of wage stagnation, flat income growth, and upward immobility may not be what you think. Like, at all.https://www.aei.org/economics/checking-in-on-the-american-dream-3-charts-that-show-us-living-standa

Maurits Meijers

Very pleased that my paper with @AndrejZaslove "Measuring Populism in Political Parties: Appraisal of a New Approach" has been accepted for publication in #ComparativePoliticalStudies! In the paper, outline and test

This thread is being passed around again and dismissed as "liberal bullshit" by certain mansplaining leftists (ahem Jeet Heer) so I thought I would provide a few more historiographical examples

Lexi Alexander الكسندرا ميراي

I just watched German news about their protest yesterday and if there ever was a perfect case study on how the far right recruits, it’s this moment in Germany. They’ve

Anand Giridharadas

A party that chooses to run candidates who sound like this might be a party that actually wins. Is this populism? Sure. Is it Trumpism? No. It’s the opposite. It

Gabe F. Guidarini

The state ideology map series continues! Here's Ohio. This state was once the most well known swing state, having decided the 2004 election. Now, it's arguable that Ohio isn't even

Lightbulb! Boris Johnson’s non-existent unity: 1/n Remember how Boris Johnson suggested that once he’d “got Brexit done”, there would be levelling up and “unity”? It may have surprised you how