One problem with anti-systems politics unmoored to class identity or coherent ideology is that when defeated it can easily move in a reactionary direction. Tom Watson (the original Tom Watson) is emblematic. We're seeing some of that in the dirtbag left today, alas.
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That’s extremely not true and I’m literally a college professor in US history. I wrote a sourced thread on the literature. I don’t need a lit review from you
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If you think Hofstadter is a reliable source on populism, good luck to your students.
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Guy with blue check mark disputes PhD
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This doesn't demonstrate that Hofstadter's views have been widely discredited. It's basically an opinion piece on a phrase. You either don't know how to read scholarly literature or are intellectually dishonest (possibly both)
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Both definitely both.
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y i k e s dude. Take the L.
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It appears for the most part that one guy presents a case against him there. It’s not necessarily widespread
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