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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1. Short answer: yes, there is such a thing as right-wing populism but Trump doesn't fit the mould.
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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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4. What unites KKK/Coughlin/Wallace is a) racism b) mass politics from below c) challenge to established wealth & social system
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5. "Rich People's Movements" would include John Birch Society, 1970s tax revolt, Tea Party, and (I'd argue) Trump.
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6. There is some overlap in style & rhetoric between right-wing populism and Rich People's Movements but social composition very different.
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7. The right-wing populists do have a mass base & hence aim at some sort of challenge of ruling order, even if socially conservative.
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8. This is true even of the 1920s Klan, which did embrace Herrenvolk democracy & challenged older war boss system in many localities.
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9. "Rich People's Movement" don't really want to challenge social/class hierarchies in systematic way. Just replace one elite with another.
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10. I see Trump as having the same "let's replace incompetent elite with competent elite" agenda as earlier Rich Peoples Movements
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11. Trump's message is: "Current political rulers are losers. I'm not a loser but a winner. I'll make USA great again." No social revolution
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12. Because Trump fits Rich Peoples Movement mould, he's popular with GOP base,which is made up of earlier RPM's like tax revolt & Tea Party
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