Once again you are right on the money (pun intended). If we are to head off disaster, we have no time to waste. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment of this piece on populism.
I enjoyed reading the newsletter Reframing America much that I subscribed and opened an account at Substack. I would like to share that as a working class Populist I think that we may be missing the point. We need to remake our image so that the disenfranchised will be less apathetic. To me the name does not matter, what matters is that we are not associated with the Republican rhetoric that government spending is evil.
I have decided to start confronting Trumpers on Facebook. This is the approach that I am using. I reply to the Trumpers "Profits for the top 1% have skyrocketed. At least Biden is trying to get them to pay their fair share and reduce carbon emissions to try to save our planet." This morning I was accused of being a propagandist. I replied back "Maybe you are the propagandist trying to promote apathy in our government." I had to like one FB comment when they said "Basically your argument is my side of the turd smells better than your side of the turd." That is exactly the kind of argument that I think will work with the disenfranchised because they believe the only kind of good government is less government.
Once again you are right on the money (pun intended). If we are to head off disaster, we have no time to waste. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment of this piece on populism.
More please! So I am a populist. I will read Frank's book, The People, No!, while I patiently await your next installment.
I asked my very smart husband if he considered himself a populist and he didn’t know the meaning. So I’m looking forward to the next installment too!
Spot on discussion of how we label ourselves. I'm looking forward to the follow-up.
I enjoyed reading the newsletter Reframing America much that I subscribed and opened an account at Substack. I would like to share that as a working class Populist I think that we may be missing the point. We need to remake our image so that the disenfranchised will be less apathetic. To me the name does not matter, what matters is that we are not associated with the Republican rhetoric that government spending is evil.
I have decided to start confronting Trumpers on Facebook. This is the approach that I am using. I reply to the Trumpers "Profits for the top 1% have skyrocketed. At least Biden is trying to get them to pay their fair share and reduce carbon emissions to try to save our planet." This morning I was accused of being a propagandist. I replied back "Maybe you are the propagandist trying to promote apathy in our government." I had to like one FB comment when they said "Basically your argument is my side of the turd smells better than your side of the turd." That is exactly the kind of argument that I think will work with the disenfranchised because they believe the only kind of good government is less government.