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I meant specifically the contemporary populist wave since Brexit or so.
by Apocryphon 2y ago
I meant specifically the contemporary populist wave since Brexit or so.
- rsynnott 2y agoI think it's easy to see Brexit and Trump as the start of this in retrospect, but it goes back further; Burlusconi is a particularly glaring example.
- Apocryphon 2y agoBerlusconi is a perfect precursor to this type of character. But I'd say Conte and the Five Star Movement is far more populist and part of a global wave than Bunga-Bunga was.
- keybored 2y agoWhen someone points to something in the 60’s, it’s time to admit that your presumption that this is part of some outside wave might not be accurate.
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- Apocryphon 2y agoBut that someone is wrong. Pointing out past strongmen (which both Suharto- and Sukarno, really, were) have led Indonesia in the distant past is not the same as Subianto being democratically elected into office and replacing the mainstream Widodo and ending the Era Reformasi. Subianto exists in the same company as Duterte, Modi, Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Meloni, Milei; 2010s and onwards figures.