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I usually jump in and the guy who was getting cooked abandones ship.
They abandon ship because they realize that if they are agreeing with someone as terrible as you are then they are probably in the wrong. /s
Going against left populism on Lemmy.
what's the difference of left and left populiism?
Populism is basically about simple solutions for complicated problems, and blaming every problem on a certain group of people.
From the right, the most prominent example is immigrants, while from the left, it's mostly rich people.
well not all but most of our societal problems comes from their decisions, so i get it.
yeah, immigrants really are destroying our planet.
i think your joke went over their heads
Seems like it
Centrists just blame wealthy immigrants!
Centrists blame everyone for not understanding all the complicated problems.
"You see, it's a spectrum. Yes I'm a fascist, but I'm an equal opportunities fascist."
I blame society.
That's not what I read in the dictionary. Is that one of those things that the right twisted to mean something else, or...?
No it's just something the above idiot made up.
Good to know.
The original meaning is opposing the people with the elite, but it has slid to include the demagogy (telling people what they want to hear rather than the truth) to please the targeted people.
The definition from the comment above includes left wing and right wing populist main demagogy subjects. Although there may be a difference between European and American political culture on this, I am not certain.
It is not specific to right wing, left leaning newspapers use it this way too, it has become normal politics vocabulary. I think that's left leaning: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/left-populists-working-class-voters.
If the left could incorporate populism, it could gain popularity. It doesn't need to be nefarious, just easier to grasp communication is also a form of populism.
Lemmy's issue is more about right-wingers pretending to be left.
Oh please. The libs on .world downvote actual leftist thought every chance they get. Since that's the largest instance this is becoming more like reddit every day.
Word
Fucking Hexbears couldn't keep it in their pants and now I have to hear morons ramble on about how landlords are useful sometimes
What? Don't be a bitch and jump in
I suggest taking their opinion, dialing it up to 11 and then bailing from the convo.
Now this is a chaotic evil I can get behind
Right up there with when you step up for someone who looks like they are struggling…then they befriend the enemy and they both turn on you.