Populism elected Obama. Was it dangerous then?
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The "you didn't build that" phrase was extraordinarily stupid. Populist doesn't equal bad. It is a political narrative that divides a country into the people and the elite. Did Obama use populist rhetoric from time to time? Sure. As often as Trump or Carlson? No.
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He doesn't have to use it as often because *his* "populist" message gets amplified by every piece of entertainment, every bit of framing of news, every selection of what to report and what not to report by NYT, by what gets taught and what not at Harvard.
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The fact that you can't see this is the mind trick. In fact, right now we're looking at riots, looting and the breakdown of civil order spurred on by "populism" (it's not that though, is it?) and you see the danger as the backlash by people who are outside state protection
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I have consistently condemned the rioting. I think we can condemn both.
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