Headline: “Far Right protesters in Poland attack border with Belarus” Pols are mad that poverty stricken immigrants are sneaking in and their government is not doing anything (or enough): sound familiar.
Calling the event/protesters “far right” is what caught my attention. I think people see the …
Headline: “Far Right protesters in Poland attack border with Belarus” Pols are mad that poverty stricken immigrants are sneaking in and their government is not doing anything (or enough): sound familiar.
Calling the event/protesters “far right” is what caught my attention. I think people see the manipulation. Populism: a populist appeal needs only say the elite are untrustworthy and they will win, because there’s ample evidence, they are untrustworthy. It is such a bald faced miss characterization of what’s going on at the border and peoples legitimate concerns are vilified. Populism is fueled daily and everywhere, really, elite English blow hards, what better grist for the populist mill.
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Headline: “Far Right protesters in Poland attack border with Belarus” Pols are mad that poverty stricken immigrants are sneaking in and their government is not doing anything (or enough): sound familiar.
Calling the event/protesters “far right” is what caught my attention. I think people see the manipulation. Populism: a populist appeal needs only say the elite are untrustworthy and they will win, because there’s ample evidence, they are untrustworthy. It is such a bald faced miss characterization of what’s going on at the border and peoples legitimate concerns are vilified. Populism is fueled daily and everywhere, really, elite English blow hards, what better grist for the populist mill.