1. So David Brooks wrote a column I mostly liked, about Samuel Francis as a prophet if Trump. But....
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4. I pursue this problem with Brooks here: https://newrepublic.com/minutes/144950/david-brooks-still-cant-see-central-racism-right-wing-populism …
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feature, not a bug
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Then how do you explain right wing populism in ethnically and racially homogeneous societies?
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How spectacularly reductionist.
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How do you distinguish right-wing racism from left-wing racism?
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Right-wing populism is inherently nationalistic which devolves into tribalistic appeals based on race.
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Left wing populims is not racist. It just considers that all the problems of the world are the fault of white men.
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Racism seems not just central, but the pillar of the Left. If they didn't have endless complaints and hate, they'd have no platform.
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in THEORY they could have a populism based on upward mobility but in PRACTICE it's easier to foment divisions w. identity politics and 1/2
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Best part: "left wing populism organizes people by class not race." Which implies that the Dem party is only left wing and not populist.pic.twitter.com/Mdn9VKLKmT
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