The rise of modern populism - Takis S. Pappas
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Date: 2020-08-22
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Kacper
Sadly, Poland's appearance in 1: 01 is objectively justified as most of the people don't really care about economy but only how many banknotes of beloved free money they've bestowed thanks to the great government.
Political propaganda thrives on public television as new upon new completely made up nonsense about state's prosperity is rolled out to elderly people (from times before democratic elections were a thing) who are especially gullible (as their only source of information is mentioned above propaganda tube that is utterly corrupted public TV) and who don't mind communist comeback.
They seek for rightful parties who demonstratively redistribute practically stolen money to politicians and leave leftovers to the majority who had already had paid for it in taxes anyway.
People here don't quite get the concept of economic freedom as noone is taught economics before 17 and even then it's one hour a week.
When Germany temporarily lowers VAT to 15% due to pandemic caused regression, polish public officers get enormous raises because why not?
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Sadly, Poland's appearance in 1: 01 is objectively justified as most of the people don't really care about economy but only how many banknotes of beloved free money they've bestowed thanks to the great government.
Political propaganda thrives on public television as new upon new completely made up nonsense about state's prosperity is rolled out to elderly people (from times before democratic elections were a thing) who are especially gullible (as their only source of information is mentioned above propaganda tube that is utterly corrupted public TV) and who don't mind communist comeback.
They seek for rightful parties who demonstratively redistribute practically stolen money to politicians and leave leftovers to the majority who had already had paid for it in taxes anyway.
People here don't quite get the concept of economic freedom as noone is taught economics before 17 and even then it's one hour a week.
When Germany temporarily lowers VAT to 15% due to pandemic caused regression, polish public officers get enormous raises because why not?
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Elson
A minority class ruling for itself.
Despite if this populists are belivers or not, right or wrong, doesn't matter. The system is rigged, is ruled by a minority that give just a few concessions to the people (to avoid precisly revolt, but rule for thenselfs, not for the people.
So you complaint about populism, without go to the root of the problem that you belive is just perceived, yet the problem isn't the institutions thenselfs, but those in it!
Law makers, politicians, lobysts, CEOs. this minority that are around just 1% of the population of the world, hold half of the economic and political power of the world, the only ones that could solve the problem without revolt, are exactly this folks, yet, they keep pushing people to the extreme.
Theres one good thing about populists. the resulted carnage form polarization, is certanly beneficial to purge bad seeds, and keep people aware for this problem related to those in power.
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A minority class ruling for itself.
Despite if this populists are belivers or not, right or wrong, doesn't matter. The system is rigged, is ruled by a minority that give just a few concessions to the people (to avoid precisly revolt, but rule for thenselfs, not for the people.
So you complaint about populism, without go to the root of the problem that you belive is just perceived, yet the problem isn't the institutions thenselfs, but those in it!
Law makers, politicians, lobysts, CEOs. this minority that are around just 1% of the population of the world, hold half of the economic and political power of the world, the only ones that could solve the problem without revolt, are exactly this folks, yet, they keep pushing people to the extreme.
Theres one good thing about populists. the resulted carnage form polarization, is certanly beneficial to purge bad seeds, and keep people aware for this problem related to those in power.
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Henry
Great video! It got me thinking. Clearly, someone working only under the guise of populism to gain power is something to be careful of. But I think that populism at it's core is about bringing power to the will of the people. And the will of the people will often be defined by a sense of what they DON'T have. What so many people around the world are finding is that despite whatever facade of democracy in their institutions there is or isn't, they feel powerless to affect real change. I think that truly bringing populism to a nation would mean that the people truly can act as part of the checks and balances between the branches of government, corporations and the media. Simply to balance out the power between all of these parties, not exclusively to overthrow them. If there is corruption found within any of these parties, there should be checks and balances to root it out that actually work.
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Great video! It got me thinking. Clearly, someone working only under the guise of populism to gain power is something to be careful of. But I think that populism at it's core is about bringing power to the will of the people. And the will of the people will often be defined by a sense of what they DON'T have. What so many people around the world are finding is that despite whatever facade of democracy in their institutions there is or isn't, they feel powerless to affect real change. I think that truly bringing populism to a nation would mean that the people truly can act as part of the checks and balances between the branches of government, corporations and the media. Simply to balance out the power between all of these parties, not exclusively to overthrow them. If there is corruption found within any of these parties, there should be checks and balances to root it out that actually work.
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Mango
This is a biased portrayal of populism. Populists were around in the US fighting for workers rights and smallholder farmer concerns in the 19th century (US People's Party) and policies that would bring economic benefits to the poor/working class. They may attack institutions on behalf of the people. But they tend to be institutions which are either not democratic, or those that have ossified or become dependent/controlled by powerful economic groups.
An emphasis on demagoguery in analysing populism refuses to explore the legit reasons why populist movements arise. What would be a stronger analysis would be real populism vs fake populism. Which populists are truly challenging corruption, and which are just taking advantage of popular discontent.
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This is a biased portrayal of populism. Populists were around in the US fighting for workers rights and smallholder farmer concerns in the 19th century (US People's Party) and policies that would bring economic benefits to the poor/working class. They may attack institutions on behalf of the people. But they tend to be institutions which are either not democratic, or those that have ossified or become dependent/controlled by powerful economic groups.
An emphasis on demagoguery in analysing populism refuses to explore the legit reasons why populist movements arise. What would be a stronger analysis would be real populism vs fake populism. Which populists are truly challenging corruption, and which are just taking advantage of popular discontent.
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AK
Reminds me of duterte and his gullible supporters in the Philippines, he came to power saying that human rights and media are the enemy and that the h. r. agents only works against their cops and soldiers before his term, disregarding the fact that the media was not previously airing criminal charges filed by the h. r. advocates against the milf and mnlf terrorists groups leaders. Who by the way are often given immunity by the very government because of the so called peace process.
Now dutertes incompetence towards the pandemic is now crushing the economy and health of their country.
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Reminds me of duterte and his gullible supporters in the Philippines, he came to power saying that human rights and media are the enemy and that the h. r. agents only works against their cops and soldiers before his term, disregarding the fact that the media was not previously airing criminal charges filed by the h. r. advocates against the milf and mnlf terrorists groups leaders. Who by the way are often given immunity by the very government because of the so called peace process.
Now dutertes incompetence towards the pandemic is now crushing the economy and health of their country.
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Anchit
Such fleshed out explanations are very rare to find. From where I come from, Liberals are being hated upon by a large group of people. How do we explain to them that liberalism is not a threat to native identity? Especially in India where a vast majority of Hindus have a fear or insecurity that the Muslim population will overtake the Hindu population making the country an Islamic nation. This insecurity is so deep-rooted that any kind of liberal politics now is, effectively, being equated to anti-nationalism.
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Such fleshed out explanations are very rare to find. From where I come from, Liberals are being hated upon by a large group of people. How do we explain to them that liberalism is not a threat to native identity? Especially in India where a vast majority of Hindus have a fear or insecurity that the Muslim population will overtake the Hindu population making the country an Islamic nation. This insecurity is so deep-rooted that any kind of liberal politics now is, effectively, being equated to anti-nationalism.
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ayush
Can it just be that democracies are truly broken. People given a right to vote, when exercised any other way than what is politically correct' is criticised by the liberal intellectual.
To a person who sees the system as broken, institutions dont matter at best, and these intellectuals seem like the cause of the problem.
If democracy and its institutions cant solve inequality and let a few groups dictate its policy, it breaks: populism seems like a reaction to breakdown of substantive democracy
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Can it just be that democracies are truly broken. People given a right to vote, when exercised any other way than what is politically correct' is criticised by the liberal intellectual.
To a person who sees the system as broken, institutions dont matter at best, and these intellectuals seem like the cause of the problem.
If democracy and its institutions cant solve inequality and let a few groups dictate its policy, it breaks: populism seems like a reaction to breakdown of substantive democracy
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nate
We do seem to be living through what may be the end of liberal democracy. Which im not sure is a bad thing. Yes liberal democracy has brought us many improvements from the past. But it also has failed to meaningfully respond to climate change. If this continues I, a libertarian leftist would be willing to back a return to feudalism or even monarchy. Provided they at least stop the end of the world.
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We do seem to be living through what may be the end of liberal democracy. Which im not sure is a bad thing. Yes liberal democracy has brought us many improvements from the past. But it also has failed to meaningfully respond to climate change. If this continues I, a libertarian leftist would be willing to back a return to feudalism or even monarchy. Provided they at least stop the end of the world.
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William
Democracy? That greek god that FAILED?
Not that populism and dictatorship are any better.
But one thing populism got right: the institutions don't serve the people, they serve the State (politicians and public officials, which is fed by taxes (money stolen from citizens.
The State has no incentive to be good, as it is sustained by robbery.
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Democracy? That greek god that FAILED?
Not that populism and dictatorship are any better.
But one thing populism got right: the institutions don't serve the people, they serve the State (politicians and public officials, which is fed by taxes (money stolen from citizens.
The State has no incentive to be good, as it is sustained by robbery.
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Ali
Duterte of the Philippines hits all the marks of a populist leader. Promising to bring change in his campaign. Change did come. For the worse that is. In his reign, fake news, extra judicial killings, corruption and political Oligarchy proliferated.
Ps. And I bet a DDShit would comment below to contradict me. Go on, brand yourself.
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Duterte of the Philippines hits all the marks of a populist leader. Promising to bring change in his campaign. Change did come. For the worse that is. In his reign, fake news, extra judicial killings, corruption and political Oligarchy proliferated.
Ps. And I bet a DDShit would comment below to contradict me. Go on, brand yourself.
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