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Well the acronyms I mentioned are definitely US-centric. But if you don't see the rise of populism world wide, and you don't see the right/left dialectic being
by photonthug 2y ago
Well the acronyms I mentioned are definitely US-centric. But if you don't see the rise of populism world wide, and you don't see the right/left dialectic being driven in large part by rural vs urban tension.. then I'm afraid you don't get out much either.
- spiderfarmer 2y agoI’m convinced at least in Europe populism has peaked. With Trump as an example, the counter campaigns write themselves. It’s democracy vs fascism now, not woke vs coke.
- photonthug 2y agoThe headlines about French or Dutch farmers dumping loads of manure at the front door of their own institutions have probably peaked. But these things are cyclic and fascism masquerading as populism is just part of the standard playbook. For related reading I suggest Turchin[1], who tries to strike a balance between US-centric commentary and looking at international trends. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62926960-end-times https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62926960-end-times EDIT: Near the top of BBC-world today is a related article about villagers in Romania, highlighting once again that this is very much an ongoing thing, and that populism, fascism, and decline in quality of rural life are so entangled that it probably makes no sense to speak of them separately https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g7w3v5vw7o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g7w3v5vw7o