The Difference Between Left Wing Populism & Right Wing Populism

In the 2016 Presidential election, it was clear that the American people wanted change. Obama hadn't delivered on many of his promises and Hillary Clinton seemed to be promising more of the same. Populist candidates emerged on both sides of the political spectrum. Bernie Sander and Donald Trump became populist avatars for their side. Many Obama voters became Sanders supporters but some became Trump supporters. How did this happen?

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By expanding our view of capitalism beyond the economy to take in these other dimensions of the crisis we have a better chance of constructing a broad kind of Alliance, the broad kind of political front that we need to do something about. okay. and so if the idea is you know where we are by expanding our definition of capitalism and these multiple crises we will find more allies essentially. What is the limiting principle? I mean because you talk about you know and should there be one as we go out and look for allies. you talk about the different types of populism or the two types of populism. sort of the left and the right and the left having a binary notion of what we're dealing with in terms of populism. And the right has a tripartite aversion. And then also there the way that the left and the right Define their enemies different. that will you walk us through those and is that the sort of limiting principle. Is that where we know not this gives us the lines to know where we don't look for allies. Or is that or is it that we're trying to change the way that those who look at the tripartite version of populism adopt the binary. but walk us through those and then and then answer I don't need to put that all together. a great question. I mean you know what I said before about the people losing faith in the established parties and political leaders and so on look looking for the box that's what has given us left populism versus the right populism. in the United States we can say Sanders versus Trump if we go back to 2016. which is when this all exploded. and yes I think that if you think about what's the difference between those two some in some of their language overlapped right? Both of them talked about a rigged system. and that was very interesting. and that word rigged is such a powerful word. it really resonated with many many many people. who had been feeling for a long time that you know that they were being sort of played for suckers in our whole form of life here. okay, what's the difference though? Basically, I think that if we talk about trumpism. for example right-wing populism I think that their picture of society is that there are the good Real Americans The Virtuous people that are caught between two blood-sucking enemies right: The Wealthy Coastal Elites at the top and the immigrants the Mexicans the blacks the Jews you know the scapegoats du jour. all of them. and those people are sucking you know preying on The Virtuous people caught in the middle.

[sarigraham]

Please include the guest's name in the video description and title!

[czarekp]

Right makes you blame the ones below you on the ladder.... and not their Donors, kicking your heads on that ladder

[ld]

Simply put right-wing populism is another term for fascism. It relies of defining ingroups, those who have been "victimized" mostly White and outgroups, these groups they scapegoat as responsible for their victimization, like minorities.

[brynawaldman]

Saul Alinskey put it succinctly. He said all political viewpoints are based on self interest, & "self" on the left is much broader than "self" on the right.

[kevinchristensen]

Another distinction is that Left-Wing Populism (LWP) is at the so-called grass-roots level, whereas Right-Wing Populism (RWP) is commonly a tool of control implemented throught pre-established hierarchies. RWP is tweaked from the way things are already. As opposed to LWP, which seeks to upset or subvert the current social order. RWP takes current hierarchies, and through a process of distillation, makes them even stronger! Unfortunately this is also why RWP will always receive practically unlimited funds and more favorable treatment in our corporate controlled press. Those currently in power aren't threatened by RWP, and in fact find it full of "useful idiots" for their bidding. They don't seem familiar with the Frankenstein allegory. In that the mad scientist, who is arrogant and egotistical, always loses control of their monster, who is only happy to kill its creator.

[jonathansurovell]

The guest's name doesn't seem to be anywhere in the video description (let alone the title).

[mechanic]

Getting rid of FOX NEWS would be a huge start

[isalei]

Great analysis, though I don’t think the left and right wing define the “elites” in the same way either. The left sees them as top 1% of capitalists, the right as “big government”.

[StoicContrarian]

I love Jane Doe’s perspective on this question.

[nickanderson]

It's not even political anymore. It's a statement of character.

[maxsmart]

Another example of the right taking words from others, changing the meaning, and giving the rest of humanity ptsd everytime they hear the word,

[ninjaantelope]

As a leftist- I don’t see anyone as an enemy. But I do see capitalism as an ocean we must cross to get to a better land- for all.

[isaiaherb]

What a fantastic guest! It was really interesting to hear her perspective.

[Wicky]

The problem here is the different understandings of the various "Terms" used to identify other groups, for example, The Nazis, referred to themselves as "National Socialists" and multiple political groups are always trying to hijack popular terms and expressions and warp their meanings to suit their own particular purpose.

[pattonmoore]

...she is totally correct... Hillary Clinton would have been the first woman president yet didn't want to decriminalize marijuana...

[marshadingle]

Nancy Fraser is the woman in this convo. MR should mention this in the description.

[markvogel]

I very much appreciated this guest's perspective. I was unable to discover her name anywhere in this posting. WTF?

[kultus]

Can anyone identify the nameless guest? Wow, what a fail.

[Theddhsk]

7:11 Not the same thing? Hm? Depends on who is perpetuating that system. I don't think if tons of whites, blacks, or Jews/etc are at the top can just be blanket absolved as their part in perpetuating. If the majority of people who are part of the corporate class is a certain group then I think it's fair to mention that

[HaveANiceDay]

Demagogues, demonization and easy answers. It’s toxic no matter where it resides. Culture war vs class war. Take your pick we are all divided. Pragmatism may be boring but it’s damned important