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> Why did you have to resort to looking it up on Wikipedia? You seemed confident in your proclamation No, I just phrased it poorly. What I meant was that you s

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> Why did you have to resort to looking it up on Wikipedia? You seemed confident in your proclamation No, I just phrased it poorly. What I meant was that you seemed to pull your definition of populism straight from Wikipedia, but that wasn’t really a good summary. > You so far haven’t even mentioned one single salient point about what it actually is. If it helps, here’s the definition from a dictionary: > a political strategy based on a calculated appeal to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people It isn’t an ideology, it’s simply an abstract strategy. Which I described in several examples. I don’t understand what you’re missing here. > This is pure rhetoric. You think that the statement is wrong? Well just say that then instead of bawling all over the place about how it hurts puppies. Is calling it bullshit clear enough to you? Because that’s what I did in the first place. Israel is home to a broad demographic. All citizens are allowed to vote. There is nothing similar to the Apartheid; repeatedly claiming so doesn’t make it true.

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> If it helps, here’s the definition from a dictionary: > > a political strategy based on a calculated appeal to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people Oh, how helpful. Here’s a definition of elitism: > a political strategy based on a calculated appeal to the interests or prejudices of elites (or those who think they are) That sounds like bullshit, doesn’t it? By the way, that’s a hilarious “definition” of populism. It’s so elitist it’s like a caricature. (“Populism is wrong because only dumb, brutish commoners would think that the elites are working against them.” Just beyond parody) > Is calling it bullshit clear enough to you? Because that’s what I did in the first place. > Israel is home to a broad demographic. All citizens are allowed to vote. There is nothing similar to the Apartheid; repeatedly claiming so doesn’t make it true. I know that someone is full of it. Here’s Amnesty International (2022). I’m sure you could find others. This isn’t some fringe theory. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-...

by 9dev 3y ago

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> If it helps, here’s the definition from a dictionary: > > a political strategy based on a calculated appeal to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people Oh, how helpful. Here’s a definition of elitism: > a political strategy based on a calculated appeal to the interests or prejudices of elites (or those who think they are) That sounds like bullshit, doesn’t it? By the way, that’s a hilarious “definition” of populism. It’s so elitist it’s like a caricature. (“Populism is wrong because only dumb, brutish commoners would think that the elites are working against them.” Just beyond parody) > Is calling it bullshit clear enough to you? Because that’s what I did in the first place. > Israel is home to a broad demographic. All citizens are allowed to vote. There is nothing similar to the Apartheid; repeatedly claiming so doesn’t make it true. I know that someone is full of it. Here’s Amnesty International (2022). I’m sure you could find others. This isn’t some fringe theory. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-...