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Populism recipe and how to fight it
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:37 am
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:37 am
Donald Trump is an avowed capitalist; Hugo Chávez was a socialist with communist dreams. One builds skyscrapers, the other expropriated them. But politics is only one-half policy: The other, darker half is rhetoric. Sometimes the rhetoric takes over. Such has been our lot in Venezuela for the past two decades — and such is yours now, Americans. Because in one regard, Trump and Chávez are identical. They are both masters of populism.
The recipe for populism is universal. Find a wound common to many, find someone to blame for it, and make up a good story to tell. Mix it all together. Tell the wounded you know how they feel. That you found the bad guys. Label them: the minorities, the politicians, the businessmen. Caricature them. As vermin, evil masterminds, haters and losers, you name it. Then paint yourself as the savior. Capture the people’s imagination. Forget about policies and plans, just enrapture them with a tale. One that starts with anger and ends in vengeance. A vengeance they can participate in.
That’s how it becomes a movement. There’s something soothing in all that anger. Populism is built on the irresistible allure of simplicity. The narcotic of the simple answer to an intractable question. The problem is now made simple.
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The recipe for populism is universal. Find a wound common to many, find someone to blame for it, and make up a good story to tell. Mix it all together. Tell the wounded you know how they feel. That you found the bad guys. Label them: the minorities, the politicians, the businessmen. Caricature them. As vermin, evil masterminds, haters and losers, you name it. Then paint yourself as the savior. Capture the people’s imagination. Forget about policies and plans, just enrapture them with a tale. One that starts with anger and ends in vengeance. A vengeance they can participate in.
That’s how it becomes a movement. There’s something soothing in all that anger. Populism is built on the irresistible allure of simplicity. The narcotic of the simple answer to an intractable question. The problem is now made simple.
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Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:38 am to Eurocat
I was waiting to see how long it would take for someone to post this epic joke of an opinion piece.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:39 am to Eurocat
Thanks for the how Obama got elected summary.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:39 am to Eurocat
The left trying to disown Chavez is comedy gold
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:39 am to Eurocat
how HRC-leaning DEMs did not see this with the damage Bernie did to her in the primaries is astounding
utter bubble living
utter bubble living
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:40 am to Eurocat
America First is Nationalism.
Cry more Snowflake.
Cry more Snowflake.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:40 am to Eurocat
I'm just waiting for Trump to come out in the military general uniform with all the shinny gold medals.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:41 am to Eurocat
I posted a while ago. Crazy how the left is trying to align Chavez with Trump. Textbook confirmation bias in this piece.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:41 am to Eurocat
Just like BLM, DNC, and MSM!
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:41 am to Eurocat
Man, you guys are really taking this hard. Trump is doing more in a week than Obama did in 8 years and people are melting like a sundae cone in an incinerator. It's truly a sight to behold.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:44 am to Seldom Seen
Who is that good looking Chinese woman on the right?
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:46 am to Eurocat
That is an exact description of the women's March last week..the identified enemy, White Men.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:48 am to Eurocat
#literallyChavez
I can't believe it hasn't been posted yet.
I can't believe it hasn't been posted yet.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:50 am to Hugo Stiglitz
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Who is that good looking Chinese woman on the right?
I had to give you a thumbs up! If in prison and forced to choose, I'd take Mao too. He would challenge my heterosexuality less!
This post was edited on 1/29/17 at 10:53 am
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:51 am to Eurocat
I remember a story about these ME men who flew planes filled with passengers and jet fuel into two massive buildings filled with workers, killing thousands. Yeah, it was just a story so I guess it isn't based in fact or anything that would result in vetting ME men who wish to do us harm. It's all just rhetoric, that's all, no one really died and Islam is a religion of peace.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:55 am to Eurocat
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Eurocat
"Euroalinsky"
Fixed.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:57 am to Eurocat
This is so damn funny because:
A - the people pushing this advice LOVED Hugo Chavez
B- they aren't following any of it
A - the people pushing this advice LOVED Hugo Chavez
B- they aren't following any of it
Posted on 1/29/17 at 10:57 am to Hugo Stiglitz
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I'm just waiting for Trump to come out in the military general uniform with all the shinny gold medals.
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