"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" https://twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/703987384107532288 …
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel funny. Implicit in the contemporary usage of "populist" is an assumption of common-person stupidity.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mrickling
@mrickling I wasn't aware of that. What are you basing that on?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel tbf not there in "left-wing populist" usage. But understanding of common ppl incapable of understanding own interests . . .1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mrickling
@emptywheel and susceptible to demagogues there in orig elite NYT reaction to People's Party in 19th C through Hofstadter to today.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @mrickling
@mrickling I'm still confused (esp bc word exists well outside of NYT usage). And here, esp, Trump voters have a point.
9:46 AM - 28 Feb 2016
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