The fact is, however, we have no real leftwing populist movement of any serious size or power in USA. We DO have a large & growing rightwing fascist movement that seized control of GOP & is actively working to destabilize & tear down our democratic state & civil society.
.@Yascha_Mounk: "...left-wing populists might sound very different from right-wing populists in the early stages, when they are far from power, but are likely to resemble them more and more as they mature."https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/the-far-left-and-far-right-find-it-astonishingly-easy-to-unite.html …
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They basically wrap around the political spectrum and meet at the point of authoritarianism.
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Yep, just as Islamic and Christian fundamentalists are quite similar in their actions. Extremism is bad for democracy.
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Perfect analogy. I’m going to use this in the future. Thank you.
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Fascists of a feather flock together
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Left and right wing extremists are really two different sides of the same big government,and authoritarian coin.
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