This is *exactly* why I'm not prepared to debate this topic until we have an agreed definition of the term. Social conservatism is not, to my mind, "far-right" per se. Neither is fiscal conservatism.
It's all a big fascinating complicated mess all building on itself which I can dig right into and take apart and uncover the sources of and refine down the core assumptions and show why they don't work. And I can show how this manifests in society and ideas of 'stay in your lane'
-
-
I am not getting any of this from the far-right. There's no scholarship being produced now that I can find and in conversation, I usually just hear assertions about racial superiority and conspiracy theories and the death of western civilisation which I can't probe too far into.
-
Regarding populism, I would definitely agree with you; the literature I'm aware of is predominantly of a liberal bent. Regarding the "death of Western civilisation"/"Western cultural values", it's certainly taken as a dogwhistle by the far left.
-
It was right-wing populism I was criticised for not criticising enough. I was asked to justify why I don't criticise the far-right, Trump & rightwing populism but focus almost exclusively on problems on the left. The answer is that it's more interesting. That is all.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.