What Does Populism Actually Mean? - TLDR News

Over recent years there's been a lot of talk about populism around the world. People have accused people like Trump, Erdogan and Johnson of being populist and we're now looking at what they actually do. What does it mean to be populist, what actually is populism? That's what we discuss in today's video.

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[johnhobbes]

Livin´ in a cave the last years... ah that would have been beautiful.

[SuperSmashDolls]

Popular democracy: Make the people sovereign
Liberal democracy: Protect the people from sovereigns

The former sounds more reasonable until you realize what the word "sovereign" means.

[creepyisnotbad]

I sincerely hope you'll make TLDR News EUROPE in the future

[ChristianIce]

In Europe, we mostly use the word to define demagoguery.
In USA, they mostly use it in a positive sense, like "doing what the people want".
That's my experience arguing with people from both places.
P.S. whether it is link to a nationalist, socialist, democratic or whatever kind of propaganda, it's not relevant. The actual distinction is using it in a positive or negative way.

[matiasrisso]

Can you make a video on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement?

[Jordan-ubkw]

“Here at TLDR we try to maintain a non-biased viewpoint” that is why we completely ignored half the political spectrum and ignored places where populist politicians came to power and fought for their constituents which gave a very misconstrued appearance of populism

[cynic]

I love how you completely ignore Corbyn being an overt left wing populist.

[seb]

Speaking of Erdoğan, would you also be interested in explaining the importence of the recent defeat of his party in the Istanbul Municipal election? As a Turk born and raised in the U.K. i would love to see some content about my homeland from you guys!

[micheltresseras]

absolutely love this educative video format, please make more <3

[Haoshoku]

Amazing Video, thanks so much for your effort in Production!

[zaedin]

Man, I might need to grab my popcorn to view this comment section.

[PavaniGanga]

Thanks. I truly value the education/clarification. Godspeed.

[MusikCassette]

a good comedian ones said:
calling out a politiciann for being populistic is like calling out an athlete for being sweaty.

[myutwo]

Can you do a similar video on what facism is?

[jordan---martins]

Cheeky outro track?! <3 Also great video, that was definitely something Ive been meaning to learn and understand :)

[ThePandorads]

Brilliant work as usual. Very clear and to the point

[faydaway]

8:09 - what about the democracy index? Its pretty well respected as an indicator for democracy.

[declanquigg]

Thank you for the balance. I find myself struggling to find media outlets without an agenda. I think this will be the quality that sustains your business. First time I have actually considered becoming a patron.

[Thewinner]

What still confuses me is the practical difference of 'populist parties' to other parties. So in theory they are more driven by what the public wants and what's 'popular', but then isn't every party populist? Every party needs to do what's popular among their constituency, otherwise they would not be elected. Even more confusing to me is the argument that they supposedly claim 'to see the people as the sovereign and the elite as bad'. If anything that sounds like a left-wing/labour party to me, especially being 'anti-elite'. To me it sounds like populism is just a word made up by a certain political group, to have a common terminology that describes all their political enemies, but doesn't actually mean anything.

[jpblack]

Populism is dangerous for the reasons you said. I watch Years and Years and OMG IT IS AMAZING