like a MAGA right winger?

no

Lol

Everyone is MAGA

That’s the beauty of populism, it’s whatever you want it to be

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Conservatism > populism

Populism can be conservatism

Populism is more rooted in the left really

well at least originally

Populism is a state, not an ideology really

It’s a distrust of the status quo and the established classes

I know that

and that's been apart of the left's messaging for A LONG TIME

It’s part of anyone that’s not in the establishment lol

Trump just somehow managed to make it work for him

Where you want the change to go and where the establishment is decides if you’re right or left

Trump isn’t a phenomenon

Which is why I said it's been apart of the left's messaging for decades

No I’m saying trump as a right wing populist isn’t out of place

Trump only seized on it and perfected it to his advantage to win the rust belt states

I guess

It’s not a leftist thing

but stopping the Establishment and the top 1% of the ruling class has been with the left forever

sure populism can be right or left, but the fact remains it's originated from the left

The only argument you could make is that if is slightly more common on the left because the natural state of the status quo is centre right

Populism predates Marxism, capitalism, and certainly predates your definition of the establishment as the “1%”

I said establishment and 1%, didn't make them one and the same

I mean in any case it’s a very narrow definition

Well its essentially appealing to the middle class voters who've been left out by the system and the so called establishment

Establishments can be right or left, and don’t necessarily need to be real, they can be perceived

I know that

So then you get why populism can never be a leftist thing

E

The height of comedy

@An Elbow Nah... Tis above such trivial things as comedy...

E? Nooo

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/06/apple-pulls-alex-jones-infowars-podcasts-for-hate-speech.html

lol

at least alex isn't gonna go down without a fight against big tech

jk he's gonna squashed like a roach lol