A historically-high number of voters have chosen parties classified as authoritarian or populist, according to a new report analysing parliamentary election results for 260 parties in 31 countries since 1946, or since the year free elections were first held.
  • Orygin ( Orygin@sh.itjust.works ) English
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    2 days ago

    It’s hard to take such articles and papers seriously:

    The Index has been classifying populist parties since 2016, defining them as groups where representing the people above the elite is “a central organising principle of their political worldview,” the author says.

    So if you aren’t pro status quo you’re populist? Then the article first talks about authoritarian as if it’s the same thing. So just take the literal definition, but then group it with the usual pejorative definition of demagogy and anti democracy.

    In France, they explicitly mention LFI as populist like it’s the same as the Nazis from the RN…

    In Belgium, they talk about PTB as if it’s once again the same as Vlaams Belang which is a literal fascist party. But fail to mention the incredible drift of the traditionally progressive Right wing MR to populist conservative nearly far right (they literally absorbed a minor far right party’s politicians)