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Always be wary of people who describe themselves ideologically as "populist" or "anti-populist", populism is a rhetoric, not an ideology.
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@AppleAmps according to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition, nuh-uh

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@shroomie
I mean, any political scientist worth their salt would describe such politicians as Trump or even those like Milei as populist and they don't fit any of these, while you could argue that there have been many institutional politicians (read: nonpopulist) who have been part of "people's parties" or have supported popular rights, so uh, gonna have to disagree with them on that.
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@AppleAmps i generally don’t really trust any book that calls itself something like “The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition”

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Yeah, also that.
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