Source: Liberal Currents
by Matthew McManus
“Many are the liberal pundits who’ve expressed surprise and confusion that right populists have proven, well, popular with ordinary folk. How is it that billionaires who cut taxes for the rich like Donald Trump, or former commodity traders like Nigel Farage, have been able to stand as men of the people? Shouldn’t the working classes of the world want to unite precisely to expropriate the hell out of these types? The easy answer is to chalk it up to simple manipulation: by Russia, by social media, by right-wing propaganda, or some kind of false consciousness. But the easy answer is in fact not really an answer. Understanding the appeal of right-wing populism means diving deeper into its intellectual and political origins.” (03/21/25)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-origins-of-right-wing-populism/