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»Say what you like about the tenets of populism, it certainly seems to be, well, popular. But what are the tenets of populism? It’s easy enough to say what a centre-left party is likely to stand for, or a libertarian. But a populist? Maybe it is a mistake to describe populism as an ideology at all.«
Why populism became popular | Tim Harford

Antarctica is een lege, witte woestijn, vrij van populisme. Maar hoe lang nog? | de Volkskrant
https://archive.ph/bxDzF

Die Zuspitzung der Angriffe auf die offene Gesellschaft durch Trump und Putin erschwert das Geschäft der rechtsextremen Parteien. Nun sehen alle, was Remigration in der Praxis bedeutet. Der seit zehn Jahren wütende Populismus von Rechts – eine mit Geld aus fossiler Energie finanzierte Bewegung alter weißer Männer, die die Öffentlichkeit mittels digitaler Kampagnen manipuliert - wird das genaue Gegenteil erreicht haben. | Nils MInkmar: Dialektik im Winter

Dialektik im Winter
Europa ist noch nicht wach, aber gähnt schon/Ford Valentinstag/ Serie “The Danish Woman”/Houellebecq im Interview/Doku “Das Mädchen mit den goldenen Haaren”/ ungesundes…

Trump is unpopular in Europe -- even among right-wing populist supporters, POLITICO Poll shows (Hanne Cokelaere/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/politico-poll-international-populism-donald-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251230/p26#a251230p26

Every few years, Democrats try to convince themselves they’ve found the one
– a candidate who can finally speak fluent rural, who looks and sounds like the voters they’ve lost.
In 2024, that hope was pinned on #Tim #Walz, the flannel-wearing, “Midwestern nice” governor whose small-town roots were supposed to unlock …

Why rural Maine may back Democrat Graham Platner’s populism in the Senate campaign − but not his party
Whether Maine’s Graham Platner wins or loses, his campaign to knock off longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins already points to a deeper question: Can Democrats do more than rent rural authenticity?

#Syriza's capitulation to the #Troika, 10 years on.
<<The limits of left populism when it gains power: without sufficient institutional and economic support, symbolic actions can rebound on those who promote them.>>
"los límites del populismo de izquierdas cuando este alcanza…

El largo final del verano de la izquierda griega
Diez años después del referendo y la capitulación ante la troika, la izquierda griega intenta resurgir de sus cenizas pero sin un proyecto clave ni ningún liderazgo que la guíe.

Essay trying to explain the rise of populism.
It's about an "appeal to common sense" instead of allowing for elitist analytical thinking and theorizing.
https://josephheath.substack.com/p/populism-fast-and-slow

Populism fast and slow
It is natural that a person who is both concerned by the rise of right-wing populism and possessed of a bookish disposition might turn to the academic political science literature in search of a better understanding of the phenomenon.

A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing (Calder McHugh/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/28/ai-j…

Mit Klickzahlen Populismus kommt man überhaupt nicht voran sagt Matteo Böhme von Team #Zastrow im #Staddrat.
Na hoffentlich erzählt er das auch mal seiner eigenen Fraktion.

Horst Schulte analysiert, wie Hetze zur Meinung wird und Klicks wichtiger als Haltung. Kein Zufall, sondern Absicht – und wir schauen zu.
#Demokratie #Medienkritik #Populismus