If the Democratic Party went Populist would Centrists Flee?

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106. Too much snow. Populism is a NEGATIVE force, right or left,

or some mixture of both. "Populism is resentment extremely dependent on ignorance that by definition of political scientists is focused on "the establishment."

Populism is a force that arises as a broad-brush hostility, a burn-down-the-government-barn passion. A typical person in the grips of populist passion cannot name even one good public official he wants to save, aside from his chosen leader.

Populist passions are dangerous. They can be harnessed by charismatic leaders for almost any purpose, any ideology. In 2016 we had two candidates who spoke to populist passions, Sanders and Trump, and both tried and succeeded in picking up followers from the "other" side.

Steven Bannon is trying to direct the power of populism in the U.S. to destroy our democracy.

THAT is populism.