Far-left politics

[SpartanDem]

37. Yes, you see do some overlap on some issues.

Civil liberties is one you definitely see more people that are anti-Patriot Act out of the Ron Paul crowd than traditional Republicans. Both far right and left are generally distrustful of government power, but in most cases there ares different reason why. The far right and left are both anti-elite in that they see government as favoring the wealthy, the right which is overwhelmingly white has the added issue of protecting privilege. That's why you see the tea party attacking not only the bailout of wall street, but also the social safety net.


Poducerism is often confused with progressive politics because of the anti-elite rhetoric, however progressive analysis targets systems and institutions while Producerism sees evil individual actors and generally targets scapegoats. According to Lyons, when right-wing populists feel squeezed between the powerful and the powerless:
They often mobilize to defend their limited privilege and fend off oppression from above, while at the same time attacking those below them on the socio-economic ladder to retain a status that at least keeps them off the bottom. In this way they are simultaneously buttressing some oppressive power relationships and systems of social control while seeking to overturn others. In practice it is important to note that attacks against those below tend to be much stronger and more substantive than the attacks on those above, which often tend to be mainly rhetorical.

http://www.publiceye.org/tooclose/populism-01.html