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France makes abortion a constitutional right (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, they're not. Populism as a whole is a horrible political strategy which benefits only a few members of the political class.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Populism is literally focusing on the masses. Now elitists use it as a pejorative to refer to fascists when fascists are also elitist with faux populist rhetoric.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No, populism is a focus on electorally beneficial short term goals. Has been so since always. Political decisions taken with the intent and plan of benefitting the populous are simply called a "good political administration".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No, populism is a focus on electorally beneficial short term goals.

I mean I've heard people accuse Bernie of being a populist but I don't think he's focused on short term goals. Are they using the term wrong?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Quite clearly, yes. Bernie may rely on populism more than a hardline socialist, but as a relative metric against his rivals, he's not even close to a populist.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago

Political decisions taken with the intent and plan of benefitting the populous are simply called a “good political administration”.

That's populism.