An interesting article here which no doubt applies equally to the situation in the USA.
Populism is about manipulation, not about majorities. Neither Trump nor Johnson represent any kind of majority. > On 9 Sep 2019, at 19:12, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > “Populist” is the most abused word in the English language. In truth it just > means someone who supports the little guy and plays to majority opinion. > Today, it’s used to describe anyone leftists don’t like. I don’t like Trump > and am reserving judgement on Johnson, but neither is truly a populist. > > As someone will undoubtedly point out, none of this crap belongs in the list. > Paul > >> On Sep 9, 2019, at 1:45 PM, William Robb <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It really just goes to show how absolutely dangerous and foolhardy it is to >> elect populists to power. >> >> They are generally incompetent, have no real leadership skills, and are >> only good at the required to be a populist job of self aggrandizement. >> >> Johnson is a poster boy for clueless buffoons everywhere, and he seems >> proud to be taking his cues on the subject from trump. >> >> trump, at least, has shown the world how completely hypocritical American >> conservatives are and, unfortunately, how untrustworthy the United States >> actually is. He had boldly shown that eventually, the USA turns on >> everyone, including it's own citizens. >> >> Both will go down as the worst individuals ever to be elected to office >> anywhere. >> Neither can be referred to as leaders, since neither has the ability or the >> inclination to lead. >> Both are in it purely for personal enrichment. >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
