Until the misinformation machine is stopped, countries will fall like dominos.
I never get entirely how populism in itself is bad. Like, obviously there is bad populism, but the defining traits of e.g. being anti-establishment? How is it bad or untrue to say something like “there are some elites who unjustly influence our society”? That’s true, but can be used in a conspiracy or racist/antisemitic/hate kind of way.
Or like “our society doesn’t work as good anymore, because the rich stole from you”. Very populistic, it condenses a multitude of problems into one “easy solution”, so it is a populistic trait…but sometimes there are easy explanations for complex problems, that being one of them.
So, long story short: authoritarianism is always bad, but populism is sometimes good or even right.
I mean, look at it this way: 2/3 of Europeans don’t support populists.
Furthermore, since most European countries do not have a two-party system, this means that European countries can govern with a 2/3 sane majority, and try to ignore the populists’ 1/3 in the Parliament.
Populism, being right wing & authoritarianism are not the same things. I’m of the opinion that sane populism on the left is what we need in Europe, but there are almost no examples. (kind of like what Bernie Sander’s populism is like)
Indeed.
Plenty of countries also don’t have a winner takes all. As a prevention against extremists.
Take Belgium for example. The populist party won the highest votes. But even the other right-wing parties didn’t want anything to do with them. So they made a coalition with the left to keep those fuckers out.
Since even the other right-wing parties knew how dumb, bad and ineffective those populists ideas were. Like who cares there are trans people running around. There are actual problems that need to be solved.
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)
Everybody wants to bash Americans, but the reality is that, as we see time and time again, 1/3rd of any given population is unrepentantly stupid and would throw everyone (including themselves) under the bus just so they can feel good about their “team” winning
1/3rd of people will support anything, no matter how horrific. No matter the consequences. No matter the lack of any underlying logic.
It must be human nature to some extent, otherwise the worst things wouldnt always bottom out at exactly 33% support
its not about their team winning, its about watching the others suffer
This indicates Europeans are becoming as stupid as Americans.
Getting flooded with the exact same algorithm-controlled brain-rot rots brains in the exact same way…
That would certainly do it.
That’s why there are crazy maga Trump supporters all over the world.
Or as they used to be called - nazis.
Lessons need to be taken from recent elections in Brazil, otherwise it will keep rising
How very American
