Are you a populist?
Mind the source...
"A populist, Kaltwasser says, is someone who believes that society is split between the pure people and the corrupt elite."
As opposed to those who believe everyone is fundamentally flawed, like the Founding Fathers. (I don't know of anyone claiming everyone is perfect.)
"Populism has two opposites. The one everyone thinks of is elitism, which doesn’t have a lot of (open) support. The other, Kaltwasser says, is pluralism."
Uh, hate to break it to you, but elitism is all over the place: Feudalism, Socialism, Communism, monarchies, military juntas, and theocracies to name a few. Elitism is far more prevalent than "pluralism". It isn't hidden except by ignorance.
"Political populism is uniformly bad, but economic populism can be beneficial in certain cases, Rodrik says."
Uh, no. Another word for economic populism is Keynesianism, and its bad. Populism is used as an excuse for tyranny.
"A populist, Kaltwasser says, is someone who believes that society is split between the pure people and the corrupt elite."
As opposed to those who believe everyone is fundamentally flawed, like the Founding Fathers. (I don't know of anyone claiming everyone is perfect.)
"Populism has two opposites. The one everyone thinks of is elitism, which doesn’t have a lot of (open) support. The other, Kaltwasser says, is pluralism."
Uh, hate to break it to you, but elitism is all over the place: Feudalism, Socialism, Communism, monarchies, military juntas, and theocracies to name a few. Elitism is far more prevalent than "pluralism". It isn't hidden except by ignorance.
"Political populism is uniformly bad, but economic populism can be beneficial in certain cases, Rodrik says."
Uh, no. Another word for economic populism is Keynesianism, and its bad. Populism is used as an excuse for tyranny.
Here is one for Larry the Cable guy.
If your finally relieved that your taxes will go down...you might be a "Trumpulist".
"You might be a redneck if you have three first names........ kinda like old ugly Carl" LOL
And what about the sheer economic expense of moving to a new frontier? Wouldn't that effort be better spent in education in the first place? To me, it isn't a matter of place, but education.
This is human nature, not Hollywood; it applies to science and industry and politics as well; escaping it and letting the people who do not chose to leave stay with the culture they have made is an ethical decision.
Jan
"Sorry to rant bit it just more leftist rhetoric."
No apology needed and that is precisely why I posted the article (and why I subscribe to the daily Bloomberg article burst). I like to see what the arguments are so I can tear them apart for the fallacy. It's good practice ;)
And so all these statists get together and pretend they have a $%^&ing clue about economics and free markets.
What do you expect from Bloomberg?
goes for unlimited majority rule (while sometimes excluding certain groups, such as those of a certain ethnicity--e.g., Huey Long or George C. Wallace).
His pitch is something like "Those highfalutin
b**s think they're better than you, but I'm for you, and I'll also get rid of all those undesirables
(illegal furriners,blacks,citified snots, etc.")
I'm not a populist. (I'm also not a politician or
candidate for political office). I am an individualist. Politically, I believe in individual rights--first, last, always, and only. I don't like elitist politicians (of whom I think Franklin D. Roosevelt was an example). But I also don't want to go for candidates who go for appealing to ethnic or class hatred, and using that to get votes. I have basic principles, and I go by them, and I want to vote for candidates who go by them (if any such can be found, ha-ha).
I voted for Trump as the Russian-roulette alternative between Russian roulette and certain death. Would do it again in the same situation.
I don't know of any "Pluralism" that actually works "Without" common "Principles". Most pluralism's I have witnessed are 180 degrees apart and Nothing in common.
You are spot on in your rebuttal commentary.