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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Thanks for the Nexus info. I'll have a look.

Trump's approaches were definitely 'populist', for reasons discussed here and elsewhere.

I am obviously not supporting Canada and US Inc.

The money raised (10+ million) for the truckers had been studied at length, and I think there was a post on Saidit about the donors. It's obvious that the very wealthy .01% donated to the GoFundMe campaign, specifically to support the anti-vax right-wing movement.

Regarding Mossad - they are indeed connected with and support the global authoritarian movements, one of which is the Israel government and their genocide and expulsion of Palestinians, as well as their destabilization of the M.E. But you know this. You'll also appreciate that the spyware developed in Israel and their Mossad have been used in a number of countries to spy on their own politicians (there are articles about it) and to help develop authoritarian regimes, some of which I note above.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Or is it neoliberal internationalists who determine who is and isn't populist? I ask because you source the Atlantic, which hosts neoconservative "journalists" that supported the Iraq war and the stealing of entitlements from real Americans for Israeli Balkanization agendas. It's probably why they continually publish for Frum, Goldberg, etc., to write hit pieces against Trump, when they are privately anti-anti-trumpers when it comes to Israel's security.

Huey Long was a populist... not Trump. Trump was and can never be a populist because he won the electoral college, was selected by a for-profit party corporation and was receiving millions from multi-national corporations.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would agree with you that it's important to look at the neoliberal rhetoric of some of the international news media groups, particularly becaue a number of these neoliberal groups stir up news content that - while paying their bills - also serve to create reactions from right-wing groups that can take advantace of the chaotic discourse by offering their simpler authoritarian solutions. So neoliberals do indeed support the chaotic news cycle that ultimately feeds the authoritarians opporunities to protest for anti-democratic solutions. One of the first presidents who helped with this kind of process was Clinton, whose neoliberal approaches - dodgy deals across the aisle - were highly problematic for his constituency, which are still paying for those problems (private for-profit prisons, killing welfare options, pay to play lobbying, proxy wars & arms sales, etc, etc).

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No definition of populism will fully describe all populists

I stopped reading after this. The author writes just like Frum.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The author is correct. Populism takes different forms, depending on the political interests.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Populism is simply defined as leaders who put ordinary people above for-profit political corporations and foreign agent Zionists. Trump is NOT a populist but Frum and Kristol want him so bad to be one, while provately being anti-anti-Trumpers for Israel, so they can scapegoat actual populism, which fights against high finance. Neologism is so tiresome with these know nothing journalists with no real jobs. They can redefine terms but they aren't fooling me.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Populism is simply defined as leaders who put ordinary people above for-profit political corporations and foreign agent Zionists.

Populism is also manipulated as "a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups." That is exactly the way in which Trump got votes, though of course it was ONLY working for the 1%.