It's the same old, same old, all around the world. The rise of alt-right populism plays upon the legitimate grievances and fears of the populace, especially the working classes, only to then appeal to their base instincts. Nothing new about that.
Meanwhile liberal elites continue to "not get it." Despite what they say, either they don't care about the people they say they care about, or they exist in such a bubble of unreality that whatever they say, it's largely performative. Because if they did care, or knew what they were doing, they wouldn't run the type of lame campaigns they've been running lately - and losing - or at least conceding much of the working class constituency. I'm generalizing, I realize, but I see the same mistakes being made by liberals and progressives all around the Western trail. Clueless and insulated.
It's the same old, same old, all around the world. The rise of alt-right populism plays upon the legitimate grievances and fears of the populace, especially the working classes, only to then appeal to their base instincts. Nothing new about that.
Meanwhile liberal elites continue to "not get it." Despite what they say, either they don't care about the people they say they care about, or they exist in such a bubble of unreality that whatever they say, it's largely performative. Because if they did care, or knew what they were doing, they wouldn't run the type of lame campaigns they've been running lately - and losing - or at least conceding much of the working class constituency. I'm generalizing, I realize, but I see the same mistakes being made by liberals and progressives all around the Western trail. Clueless and insulated.