This election cycle has seen the rise of a more populist attitude of the American people….Sanders popularity and the nomination of Trump illustrate just hoe deep the ideology runs….
Clinton is the nominee that is more establishment than she would like to admit…..but Trump has tapped into the resentment of the American Right….if he is not successful in defeating Clinton…the question is ….will this populism remain?
The neoliberal consensus that has dominated the globe for the past 40 years is collapsing. As the old dies, two forms of populism are rising in its wake. What are progressives and those of us on the left to do?
Last week was a bad one for Donald Trump. While the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign feeds on media scandals, the last few days have been over the top: fights with the family of a slain Muslim American soldier and top Republican leadership, potential leaks of top-secret information, even removing babies and silent protesters holding up copies of the U.S. Constitution from his rallies.
Pair that with plummeting poll numbers and a series of high-profile defections – including that of Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins late Monday – and some liberal commentators have predicted the full-scale implosion of Trump’s campaign. Others have been speculating that Trump may drop out of the race, and some Republicans have called on him to do just that.
Source: Whatever Happens to Trump in November, Populism is Here to Stay
Do you, my reader, think that this rise in populism is here to stay or even if it is a good thing for the country? Or is it just a phenom for this election?
I think it’s here to stay in a sense considering how popular social media platforms are; would be nice for government to be more responsive tho like the NYPD and local chamber of commerce having their own twitter accounts promoting improvements in the places they serve.
(I saw a signpost the other day in my neighborhood asking residents what kind of food they’d like to eat if they were hungry, lol. And the questionnaire for working the polls was pretty quirky too, so things are slowly looking up 😄)
I guess
I hope you are right….I saw this happen in late 60’s and 70’s and it got smothered by traditional party politics….I want it to stick around and the young will be the ones that can do that….
I feel like the ideals of that age never died, just really passed on to the kids to evolve undisturbed.
and the internet gives us emily dickinson types a pretty LOUD voice too, haha. easier to be vocal and at least make it easier to discuss public affairs without traditional media slanting (i.e. fox = GOP, NBC = dem ).
the game has changed
You may be right…..I am old and was disappointed when the conversation died out so many years back….but a good point about the internet….the game has changed and the result is to my liking…
the conversation never died, it’s just not as visible as it used to be imo.
the revolution not being televized and all that… hell I haven’t owned a TV in a decade lol
The priblem is most of the “rev” talk was among those who wanted it…it is only recently that it got everyone’s attention…
that is true.. change does seem to occur slower than desired. 🙁
Slow is good….some say…but if gives them time to find a counter to the revolution…..something they excel at in the past….hopefully not this time…