1. Responding to a recent piece I did on Trump, both @notjessewalker & @yeselson asked me if I acknowledged existence of rightwing populism
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2. Perhaps useful to start by making distinction between populism and "Rich People's Movements" (see here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rich-peoples-movements-9780199928996?cc=ca&lang=en& …)
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3. To me, the prime examples of right wing populism in USA are 1) 1920s KKK 2) Father Coughlin in 1930s 3) George Wallace in 1960s
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@HeerJeet The old Social Credit Party in Canada, plus its descendants the Reform Party and now Wildrose. -
@EricKleefeld@HeerJeet The original SoCreds were more syncretic though, no? A mix of far-right with some center-left?
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@HeerJeet He's a Right-Wing Populism ExploiterThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Great series of tweets differentiating left & rights populisms from "Rich People's Movements". Trump is now leading the latter!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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