• takeda@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Trump is a pseudopopulists, he fools people into thinking he is fighting for them while fighting for himself.

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      Everyone thinks their populist is the real deal and the others are frauds, but at the day populism is not about good policy, it’s about making a show of putting up a fight. There have been many populists in political history and only a very small percentage have been materially helpful to their constituents.