Srassy said:
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Peh said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism
Populism is a political style of action that mobilizes a large alienated element of a population against a government which is seen as controlled by an out-of-touch closed elite that acts on behalf of its own interests. The underlying ideology of Populists can be left, right, or middle. Its goal is to unite the uncorrupt and the unsophisticated (the 'little man') against the corrupt dominant elites (usually the orthodox politicians) and their camp followers (usually the rich and the intellectuals). It is guided by the belief that political and social goals are best achieved by the direct actions of the masses. Although it comes into being where mainstream political institutions fail to deliver, there is no identifiable economic or social set of conditions that give rise to it, and it is not confined to any particular social class.[1]
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Yeah, I'm aware of the dictionary definition. But aren't they all trying to do that? To varying degrees of success and subtlety? Would Bernie Sanders be considered populist for you and why do I never hear him described in such terms?
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Depends on what you put the blame on and how you do it. I havn't followed Bernie Sanders, so I don't know much about him. But looking at certain topics about him, he was also labeled as a populist.
