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Small-Axe

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8. Too many people confuse being a Populist with being a Progressive.

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 03:40 AM

Nov 2018

Populism by its nature is a regressive ideology that replaces reason with anger & outrage.

Liberalism depends on using reason to find complex solutions to complex problems. There is no nuance in populist ideologies, just simplistic rhetoric.

Liberalism embraces the division of powers and maintaining checks and balances to avoid demagoguery. Populists find this sort of stuff most inconvenient as it is at root a dictatorial ideology.

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Is Trump Ripping Off Bernie Sander's Again? - This Time Its The Federal Reserve [View all] TomCADem Nov 2018 OP

Populism is toxic. Small-Axe Nov 2018 #1

Yes it is. Wintryjade Nov 2018 #2

New Yorker - Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Ride the Populist Wave TomCADem Nov 2018 #3

I am aware that Populism is a rising threat on both the right and the left. Small-Axe Nov 2018 #4

I don't think Bernie Sanders is a threat JonLP24 Nov 2018 #6

Absolutely. It's larger on the right, but most dangerous Hortensis Nov 2018 #11

The Fed has issues, but.... Adrahil Nov 2018 #5

WaPo: Trump wants to copy Venezuela's biggest economic mistake TomCADem Nov 2018 #7

Too many people confuse being a Populist with being a Progressive. Small-Axe Nov 2018 #8

Nah - being Anti-Fed is all part of the Nationalist schtick hexola Nov 2018 #9

You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold! tritsofme Nov 2018 #10