Populism is a nebulous term used by centrists that equates the left and far right, ignoring the content of what is being said and instead focusing on tone rather than anything else. In addition, the original 'populist' movement in the US in the 1920s was good as hell, and one of the rare movements that was class based and crossed racial lines.
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Hot take: anti-populism is elitest.
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Populism is a nebulous term used by centrists that equates the left and far right, ignoring the content of what is being said and instead focusing on tone rather than anything else. In addition, the original 'populist' movement in the US in the 1920s was good as hell, and one of the rare movements that was class based and crossed racial lines.