Bernie isn't the problem.... but the bernbots are

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121. No, the New Deal wasn't a populist movement

FDR was a political opponent of populism and nativism. Huey Long was a populist and FDR considered Long one of the most dangerous men in politics.

The New Deal was based on promoting liberalism and did not involve scapegoating particular groups as the source of all of America's problems.

FDR did not engage in class warfare or attempt to amplify rage, anger, and fear the way populist demagogues always do. "Nothing to fear but fear itself," and all that.

FDR was also an internationalist, not a nativist "Americ Firster."

The goals of the New Deal was to alleviate misery while saving capitalist free enterprise through reform. This is distinctly different that populism.

Antithetical in fact to today's left-wing American populism.

There certainly is right-wing populism in the United States. Trump, the Tea Party, Pat Buchanan, and George Wallace are a few right-wing populists that spring to mind.