2w ago

Czech support for Ukraine at stake as populist Andrej Babiš poised to return in an election

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election, official results show

n4ch1sm0 @piefed.social 2w ago

Can we stop calling right wing billionaires populists? Because that's oxymoronic, and full of shit.
givesomefucks @lemmy.world 2w ago
I fucking despise how the media still calls grifters "populists" and make it sound like an evil word...
Populism is a contested concept[1][2] for a variety of political stances that emphasize the idea of the "common people", often in opposition to a perceived elite.[3] It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment.[4]
Authentic populism would be the fucking shit, and the only solution that can work.
For fucks sake, I don't understand how populism wouldn't be the natural state of every healthy democracy.
- Severus_Snape @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Populists tend to reject political pluralism.
  They claim they are the ONLY ONES representing the people™. The danger is they can start attacking the media, judges... claiming that the people™ are on their side.
  Uncontrolled populism can lead to dictatorship. Even left-wing populism. Look at Venezuela.
  
  givesomefucks @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Populists tend to reject political pluralism.
  Did you not even read my comment?
  emphasize the idea of the “common people”, often in opposition to a perceived elite.