Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“If there’s a single global through line to the politics of the last decade, that through line is the continuing fight over something called, by both its supporters and opponents, ‘populism.’ … Rather odd, don’t you think? The ‘populists’ pose as ‘the voice of the people’ but center their efforts on backing individual leader figures, while their supposedly ‘elitist’ opponents emphasize ‘the people’ over particular representatives of same. In reality, both sides are fake versions of ‘populism.’ The core underlying claim of populism is this: There are two classes of people, the ‘exploitative elites’ and the ‘righteous masses.’ That claim is true as far as it goes. The falsehood — or, being generous, error — is in identification of those two classes.” (09/24/24)