4. You can't understand Marion Barry without the context of a white elite that had treated city as fiefdom since the creation of city.
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@HeerJeet "undisciplined populism" - good definition of a demagogue.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Susan_Munn Fair point.
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@HeerJeet Wasn't the movement just 'screw downtown'?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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15. In sum, despite a few parallels, Rob Ford is no Marion Barry. Or he is a Barry without redeeming qualities.
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@HeerJeet if nothing else, Barry fought for the systematically disadvantaged while Ford championed the other side. Punching up >>> down.
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@HeerJeet I wasn't aware populism could disciplined. -
@kinsellawarren Tommy Douglas and the original CCF was good example of a disciplined populism. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Thank you for this essay - I'm very interested in the difference between left and rightwing populism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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