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I was an outspoken “five percenter” back in 2020, one of the “5% of people who supported Trump in 2016 but withdrew their support in 2020.” I stand behind that decision, as Trump’s 2020 campaign was running with the team and on the laurels of his first administration, which was a total disaster. Trump didn’t drain the swamp. Trump nominated and was controlled by a rotating cast of the worst uniparty insider neocon swamp creatures possible. (more…)
The Grange Movement, an early example of American populism.
The Grange Movement, an early example of American populism.
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Introduction here, Chapter 4 Part 1 here, Chapter 5 Part 1 here
Translated by F. Roger Devlin
Like “communitarism,” “populism” has today become a garbage-bag term. The proof is that this label has been applied to people as different as Donald Trump, Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, Nigel Farage, Beppe Grillo, Viktor Orbán, Nicolas Sarkozy, Georges Marchais, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, (more…)