Phat writes:
I used to believe that the populists were a bunch of largely uneducated folks couched in fear and a yearning for the glory days of the past.
Trump and his ilk have co-opted/perverted the word "populist". They're not promoting the interests of ordinary people. They're exploiting the baser instincts of ordinary people (especially fear) to promote their own interests.
An honest discussion is more of a peer review than a pep rally. My toughest critics here are the people who agree with me. -- ringo
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