• EnderWi99in@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    AOC is just another fucking populist. I do not understand how people fall for this shit over and over and over again.

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      1 year ago

      Populist:

      a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. “he ran as a populist on an anticorruption platform”

      I one hundred percent agree that AOC is a politician who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.

      The critical difference between AOC and all of the right wing populists, is that she is concerned about people, and the preservation and expansion of human rights.

      Right wing populists fire up their base by singling out minorities, and others that wield little to no social or political currency, and picking on them. Besides being morally repugnant at face value, the rhetoric and actual right wing policy never deliver tangible quality of life improvements to their base.

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      oh my god this is rhe dumbest thought ever. i hear this from “libertarian”(see:morons) side of America all the time and i just have to ask… how the fuck do you come to this conclusion??

      because she works to get voters? her policy goals and platform are clear, she represents extremely vocal voting blocks of liberals.

      how is any of that a populist?? because she’s trying to get voters? you don’t know what a populist is