Populism purports to be the authentic expression of the will of a majority of the people. It is anything but. You will see how populist movements, especially in our own time, usually represent the wishes of minorities, factions that tend toward tyranny when they achieve social and/or political power. Often surreptitiously enabled by libertarian wealth, these movements almost always end up in thrall to one or another authoritarian demagogue. Jim Kenney's focus will be on the emergence of xenophobic, science-denying, conspiracist populism as the principal weapon of right-wing political minorities in the U.S. and Europe.
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