Comments by "AholeAtheist" (@AholeAtheist) on "The Rise of Populism in Politics" video.

  1. This analysis about populism is very poor. It's largely focused on the rise of right-wing populism, and doesn't really identify what it really is.. While ignoring left-wing populism which is also on the rise.. It's not just about the economy and the elites with right-wing populists, they're the ones who make it about race and nationality. These guys make out that right-wing populists decry identity politics, when that isn't the case. Likewise with left-wing populism, I don't think we completely decry identity politics, but we definitely state that those things should be weighed against economic issues in terms of priority, and if that was done the economics would seriously help sort out some of the social issues. While other social issues may not be subject to that, but compared to the authoritarian left, the populist left isn't trying to focus on trans issues in a disproportionate fashion. But again, that's the difference between the populist left, and the populist right, because the populist right plays on those identity politics issues under the guise of not being "politically correct". Meanwhile, the populist left isn't as concerned about their lack of "political correctness" like the authoritarian left is, because we want to focus on the economic issues that effect both the populist left and the populist right, which some of the populist right can be pulled further left on. One of the major problems with this analysis, is that not once in mentioning Duterte, Bolsonaro, or Trump did they use the word "fascism" or "fascist", which is definitely applicable to the first two, and should at least be brought up with reference to some of Trump's rhetoric and aspirations, the checks and balances of the U.S. system the only thing keeping him in relative check.
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