@taiwan_girl said in Tyrannical Elitist:
@Horace said in Tyrannical Elitist:
The American left is entirely a populist movement
Do you think that President Trump is a populist?
Trump is a populist as a point of fact. The term "populist" is generally used as an epithet by the left, which is strange since it is a populist movement, and has been since the race narrative formed its foundational appeal. More generally, socialism or anything derived from Marxism is always a populist movement. The most prominent non-populist political messaging in our lifetimes that had hope of winning democratically, is the individualism / become successful with hard work messaging classically of the American right. It still underpins even Trump's base, after the "swamp is drained" or whatever.